We Pitch and Cast the Live-Action Zelda Movie


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Feb 10 2025 102 mins  
Nintendo and Sony Pictures are making a live-action adaptation of The Legend of Zelda, but that opens up a Breath of the Wild-sized amount of questions. What game should the movie adapt? Should it be standalone or the start of a saga? Who should play Link, Zelda, and Ganondorf? The brothers answer these questions and more with their pitches for the movie.

Timecodes:

00:00:00 - Intro/Housekeeping (Sam’s New Orleans Trip, Murphy’s Wild Night) |

00:10:20 - Main Topic: The Challenges of Making a Live-Action Zelda Movie |

00:24:47 - Main Topic: Jake Pitches and Casts His Live-Action Zelda Movie |

00:53:54 - Main Topic: Sam Pitches and Casts His Live-Action Zelda Movie |

1:24:43 - Draft Day Starring Kevin Costner (Blue Prince, The Talos Principle: Reawakened, Sid Meier’s Civilization 7, Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2) |

1:28:37 - Game, Watch, Listen (VIDEO GAMES: Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage, Metroid Prime Remastered | MOVIES: Companion, The Seed of the Sacred Fig | MUSIC: Doechii - Alligator Bites Never Heal, Father John Misty - Mahashmashana, Nilüfer Yanya - My Method Actor)

Shoutout to Mizuki Kuroiwa for the incredible podcast artwork and to Thomniverse Remix for the music.

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