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Legend of Zelda movie director shares his rules for making the live-action Nintendo film, and what he’ll take from Planet of the Apes

Wes Ball may be busy promoting Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, buthe’salso gotone eye looking ahead to his next major project.He’llbe helming the live-action Legend of Zelda movie in collaboration with Nintendo, and he recently shared some ruleshe’splanning to follow.

During a Reddit AMA, the directorwas quizzedon what lessonshe’llbe bringingfrom his work on the Apes sequel to Zelda.”Keep the money on the screen,” he said.”Be ambitious. Be confident in the talent around you. Try to do something great.”

The Maze Runner director is working closely with Nintendo on the new movie, which Shigeru Miyamoto sharedthey’vehad in the making for many years.Very few details have been announced yet about what gamesspecifically it willadapt, but thathasn’tstopped awhole loadof fan-casting and theories emerging.

Speaking recently to Total Film, Ball alsogave us a tease ofhis exciting vision.”I have this awesome idea,”he told us in our issue featuring The Fall Guy on the cover.”I’vebeen thinking about it for a longfreakin’time,of how cool a Zelda movie would be… I want to fulfillpeople’sgreatest desires. I knowit’simportant, this [Zelda] franchise, to peopleandI want it to be a serious movie. A real movie that can give people an escape.”

Before that, Ball is set to release Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, the latest in the Planet of the Apes franchise. Following the events of2017’sWar for the Planet of the Apes, the movie follows a young ape who goes on a journey that will change the course of history for apes and humans alike.

For more, check out all of the other video game adaptations on the way.

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