Forget the Switch 2, Nintendo wants you to know that its live-action Legend of Zelda movie has a release date, and it used its new Nintendo Today app to let fans knowTech13:34, 28 Mar 2025Updated 13:41, 28 Mar 2025The series has plenty of entries to pull inspiration from(Image: Nintendo)Nintendo is having a busy few days. The Nintendo Switch 2 is getting a full reveal on April 2, while the company held a Nintendo Direct yesterday.One of the more curious announcements (alongside a much-requested feature for both Switch 1 and 2) was a mobile app that the company will use to drop regular news drops to iOS and Android users.Article continues belowWhile many of us thought little of it, those that subscribed did get a bit of a bombshell as the company confirmed its Legend of Zelda movie, with is planned as a live-action adaptation, will launch in 2027 even adding a firm release date.The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom made Zelda playable(Image: Nintendo/Grezzo)The app today revealed that the Nintendo adaptation of one of the company's most beloved series will launch on 26 March, 2027."The live-action film of The Legend of Zelda will be released worldwide on 27 March 2027" the message reads, teeing up the company's third major film franchise after Pokemon's Detective Pikachu and the Super Mario Bros Movie.While the former is a hybrid of live action and CGI and the latter was developed with Illumination, the studio behind Despicable Me, The Legend of Zelda movie will be live-action.Will the movie give Link a voice?(Image: Nintendo)Still, there are plenty of questions. For one, which Zelda will the series work from, if any? The franchise's entries don't often have more than a nod or wink to each other, save for Tears of the Kingdom which was a direct sequel to Breath of the Wild.There's also Link's nature as a silent protagonist, which would make for some big changes. Who knows, maybe he'll be voiced by Chris Pratt, too?The movie project was announced in November of 2023, and will be distributed by Sony Pictures. Wes Ball is currently attached to direct, having previously worked on The Maze Runner series and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.Interestingly, he's still attached to a movie adaptation of Reikon Games' Ruiner.For more on Switch 2, be sure to check out all we know about how the console could use AI, and a report it could already be on US soil.Article continues belowFor the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletters.