Japanese video game developer and distributor Nintendo’s announced this Wednesday We are developing a live action movie of ‘The Legend of Zelda’ series.
He will produce the movie creator’Super Mario‘, Shigeru Miyamoto and Avi Arad, The producer of films such as ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ announced that the Kyoto-based company did not announce a possible release date in its statement.
there will be a movie Co-financed by Nintendo and sony, Metin stated that the former will be responsible for more than 50 percent of the financing, while distribution will be handled by Sony.
‘By being deeply involved in filmmaking with the aim of bringing smiles to everyone’s face through entertainment, Nintendo will continue its efforts to produce unique entertainment The company stated in its statement that it will offer this to as many people as possible.
The announcement comes after the release of ‘Super Mario Bros.: The Movie’ this year.A huge box office success that also helped increase sales associated with this franchise is something that Nintendo will now try to pass on to Zelda.
Also a day after Nintendo announced its April-September results, Increased net profit by 17.7%rose to 271,298 million yen (1,685 million euros); This is a record figure for the first half and was driven by the weakness in the yen.
One of the sales drivers is exactly The launch of the video game ‘The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’ in May, It sold 19.5 million copies.
Turnover of Nintendo’s mobile titles and IP management business Increased by 133.3% to 55 billion yen (€341.8 million) is due to the premiere of ‘Super Mario Bros.: the movie’ and its impact on the increase in sales associated with this franchise.
Nintendo became the second most traded company of the day on the Tokyo Stock Exchange today and rose around 6.40% in the middle of the session, achieving its best result since December 2020.