Online streaming movie conglomerate Netflix is supposedly in the first stages of making a new live-action TV series that is based on the well-known Nintendo video game classic Legend of Zelda franchise.
There are presently no in-depth details available about the alleged television series, however, sources have revealed that Netflix is planning on creating a “family-friendly Game of Thrones-like” TV show based on the Legend of Zelda theme. Currently, there is no detailed information being given by the company as to when the show may be premiering, nor if and/or when it may begin releasing sneak previews or other teasers of the planned show.
Apparently, Netflix and the Nintendo video game company have been working very closely together on the alleged television show, and it will be the first Nintendo-themed live-action media to be released in a significantly long time.
There may be somewhat of a good reason why it has been such a long amount of time since any Nintendo or other video game-based shows have been launched. Movies and television shows that have been based on Nintendo video games have not always been the most well-produced. The Super Mario Bros. animated television show and movie are both examples of this fact.
The new Legend of Zelda show, however, is purportedly still needing a writer, and this most likely means that it will still be a considerable amount of time before anything comes of Netflix’s news.
The Legend of Zelda franchise is a huge big-name one for Netflix to be basing a TV show on. Nintendo has released over 20 different Legend of Zelda video games ever since the year 1987. !987 was the debut year of the very first classic Legend of Zelda video game on the original Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) console.
In 1989, an animated series of the Legend of Zelda was launched, however, the series only made it as far as 13 episodes before being cancelled. The show was planning on continuing with more episodes, but it was cancelled around the same time that animated Super Mario Bros. Super Show was cancelled by Nintendo that same year.
Netflix has not commented on the alleged Legend of Zelda show as of yet, but the news of the show does follow comments that were made last year by the president of the Nintendo company, Satoru Iwata, who had claimed that Nintendo was looking to “actively expand our character licensing business, including proactively finding appropriate partners.”
