{"site":"Yomimono","license":"CC BY 4.0 (citation required)","generated_at":"2026-05-23T00:52:31.858Z","story":{"id":"r_ffe531d85ddc4f189fbd62a9","slug":"live-action-zelda-film-opens-april-30-2027-a-week-earlier-than-planned","url":"https://yomimono.id/live-action-zelda-film-opens-april-30-2027-a-week-earlier-than-planned","headline":"Live-Action Zelda Film Opens April 30, 2027, a Week Earlier Than Planned","summary":"The live-action Legend of Zelda film will now open worldwide on April 30, 2027. Nintendo Representative Director Shigeru Miyamoto announced the change on Wednesday through the company's social media accounts. The new date moves the premiere one week earlier than the previously scheduled May 7, 2027 release. That May date was itself a delay from the film's original March 26, 2027 target. Miyamoto said the team is working to deliver the film as soon as possible and noted there is less than a year until release. Wes Ball directs the project. Derek Connolly wrote the script. Bo Bragason stars as Princess Zelda and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth stars as Link. Nintendo is financing more than half the production. Sony Pictures Entertainment is co-financing and will handle theatrical distribution. Miyamoto produces alongside Avi Arad of Arad Productions. The adaptation arrives after the commercial success of Nintendo's animated Super Mario Bros. Movie, which crossed one billion dollars worldwide in 2023. A sequel to that film premiered in April 2026.","why_it_matters":"A schedule pull-forward, rather than another delay, is a concrete signal that the production is on track after an earlier postponement from March to May 2027.","published_at":"2026-05-16T14:17:42.000Z","source_count":2,"sources":["Anime News Network","Anime Corner"],"citations":[{"source":"Anime News Network","title":"Live-Action Zelda Film to Open 1 Week Sooner on April 30, 2027","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2026-05-13/live-action-zelda-film-to-open-1-week-sooner-on-april-30-2027/.237337"},{"source":"Anime Corner","title":"Live-Action Legend of Zelda Film Release Date Moved Up to April 30, 2027","url":"https://animecorner.me/live-action-legend-of-zelda-film-release-date-moved-up-to-april-30-2027/"}],"license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Shigeru Miyamoto","Keisuke Higashi","Ryōta Miura"],"type":"release","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false}}}