Sony's Zelda Movie Now Has an Official Social Media Account, and It's Only Following PlayStation

I still wonder if a Zelda movie can really work.

Yeah, something tells me I’m going to be pretending this movie doesn’t exist. Just like the CDi games…

LOL this is pretty good

I almost forgot that that Caught Stealing is a movie Sony has in the pipeline and thought the hashtag was a joke about them making a Nintendo movie.

Daammnnnn right! 🍿

@Oram77 with all the games it has they can piece together at least an hour & 30

@Enuo That hashtag, made me think the exact same thing. XD

@Oram77 Well the material yes, the execution, staff involved and audience to target, hmm, who knows. If the execution is bad then yeah I'd pass on it, but the material or new content angle makes it possible.

BOTW/TOTK have a mix of prior games abilities just recontextualised. Like the Link Between Worlds 3DS game has elements BOTW worked with such as the start getting your items (didn't do the item rental but either way) but TOTK also uses the wall mechanic to phase through the top, so it's reworked to fit the game's purposes/world design.

I mean the amount of abilities Link has, and the fair difference in worlds sure, it's just making it land if it pulls from those or not. I mean if it also goes for a Mario movie approach of showcasing the sub series too. I haven't seen the film but it was clear from the trailer how they mixed things in.

Maybe they do with the Zelda movie, have Zelda along, do some Spirit Tracks armour Zelda was trapped in, Four Swords having four Links, Twilight Princess sumo, or any number of possibilities, a good mix of the games ideas/interesting moments in there for gags or genuine parts of dungeons, who knows.

I never know what to think about those types as easter eggs, jokes, or pointing fingers but eh.

Some films like Uncharted or others having a focus on one and somewhat cramming the others in was fine I guess. But doesn't always work.

Zelda coming to PS5 confirmed?????

Did Pushsqure go back to school? "Did you see? My boyfriend didn't smile at that Nintendo girl!"

Bloodborne Remake confirmed

Whoever made the post, after getting chewed out by Chief People Officer of Sony Pictures, Stacy Green:

Well excuuuuuuse me, Princess!

Well the account was definitely made by a Sony employee, so it makes sense they would only link it with Sony accounts. I hadn't thought about it before, but I guess it makes sense Sony will be handling the marketing for the film.

I'll be really curious to see if Sony Pictures pulls this off. Partially because a not-embarrassing Legend of Zelda movie would be cool to see. But also, I imagine if it's a success, Nintendo will just work with Sony on all their live-action adaptations. I do kinda think Nintendo will have illumination handle all things Mario going forward. So presumably they're looking for partnerships rather than shopping out all their IP to different studios.

Heck, maybe if Sony plays their cards right, they can be Nintendo's primary movie partner. I wouldn't mind their take on Metroid — or SPA's Star Fox or Splatoon.

No matter what, I’m sure Nintendo will be the ones laughing all the way to the bank.

@Oram77 The hit rate is better than it used to be but there are still some TERRIBLE movie tie-ins. Borderlands anyone?
Zelda has the warning signs imo.

Oh no.

Anyway.

I expect this to be a repeat of the SNES PlayStation, where Sony would have to be paid by Nintendo to release games on their own hardware, just because of how the rights would have worked out.

This is Sony's movie and movie IP now.

@LifeGirl I was going to say Until Dawn, it's an ok but has nothing to do with the game at all...

Wow, what a brag!
I can just the see school yard arguments breaking out. "Zelda only follows Playstation:P"
"Yeah well my Infinity Nikki body pillow has more stuffing than yours"
What a scoop!

That’s actually quite hilarious. Probably will be rectified quickly though I’d imagine 😂

It's not weird to me it's not following Nintendo, it's weird to me it's specifically following PlayStation 😂 and not other Sony affiliated companies that would be involved like Sony Music, or Arad Productions, or even Wes Ball. I know Playstation heavily markets Sony Pictures films, but surely not, that can't be it