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We have no idea what's going to be in the movie, but likely this is the height of the romance. (credit: Nintendo)
Sony and Nintendo haven't collaborated on much of anything since
the Nintendo PlayStation
went awry. But Sony's film division is putting its money together with its console semi-rival to produce a live-action
The Legend of Zelda
film.
Details are scant beyond
a Nintendo press release
and
Hollywood reporting by Deadline
. The director is Wes Ball, director of the
Maze Runner
film trilogy, and the writer is Derek Connolly, who wrote the
Jurassic World
trilogy and was tagged to work on a putative
Metal Gear
film.
The film will be produced by Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto and Avi Arad, the founder of Marvel's film arm, Marvel Studios, who later produced Marvel and other IP-based films for Sony, including
Uncharted
and the
Spider-Man
and
X-Men
films. Arad, Deadline reports, was "a lynchpin" to finalizing a film that has long been in the works. Arad is also reportedly involved in the gestating
Metal
Gear
film.