Nintendo Has Discovered Its Reside-Motion Hyperlink and Zelda

In a shock announcement this morning, Nintendo has confirmed the celebs of its live-action Legend of Zelda movie.

In a press release first revealed via its Nintendo Today app (which beforehand gave us the movie’s original release date), the writer confirmed that relative newcomers Bo Bragason and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth will play Princess Zelda and Hyperlink, respectively.

That is Miyamoto. I’m happy to announce that for the live-action movie of The Legend of Zelda, Zelda can be performed by Bo Bragason-san, and Hyperlink by Benjamin Evan Ainsworth-san. I’m very a lot wanting ahead to seeing each of them on the large display screen. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/KA5XW3lwul

— 任天堂株式会社 (@Nintendo) July 16, 2025

“That is Miyamoto. I’m happy to announce that for the live-action movie of The Legend of Zelda, Zelda can be performed by Bo Bragason-san, and Hyperlink by Benjamin Evan Ainsworth-san,” Nintendo govt Shigeru Miyamoto mentioned in a press release accompanying the information. “I’m very a lot wanting ahead to seeing each of them on the large display screen.”

“The movie is scheduled to be launched in theaters on Might 7, 2027,” the assertion concluded. “Thanks to your persistence.”

Each stars are comparatively younger (Bragason is 21 on the time of casting, Ainsworth simply 17), with few credit to their names—a stark distinction to the glitzy, star-studded casting of Nintendo and Illumination’s Mario film a couple of years in the past. Bragason is finest identified for her look within the Disney+ sequence Renegade Nell final 12 months, whereas Ainsworth appeared in a supporting position in Netflix’s The Haunting of Bly Manor, however is maybe finest often called the voice of the live-action Pinocchio in Disney’s 2022 remake.

The Legend of Zelda will hit theaters Might 7, 2027.

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