Nintendo Is Ready to Take On Hollywood

Link is moving from Hyrule to Hollywood. Coming off the $1.3 billion success of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Nintendo announced Wednesday that it's working on a live-action adaptation of The Legend of Zelda. The video game developer said that although it "will take time" until the movie hits theaters, it will be helmed by Maze Runner director Wes Ball and be co-financed by Sony. The news sent gamers on a dream-casting spree, and signaled the next big step in Nintendo's quest to evolve from a video game company into a full-blown entertainment empire. The Legend of Zelda is one of Nintendo's oldest and most beloved franchises, where a silent, twinky hero named Link battles the forces of evil (usually a maladjusted guy named Gannon/dorf) with the help of princess Zelda.