Who Is Wes Ball? Know More About the Legend of Zelda Live-Action Movie Director?

Nintendo fans are already charged up since they heard the news of an upcoming live-action Zelda movie. While it is fascinating for them to hear that Shigeru Miyamoto will co-produce the film, fans are curious about its director, Wes Ball. Fans have been waiting for their favorite video game franchise’s movie adaptation for a long period of time. Now, it is finally evolving into a reality and the anticipation is higher than ever before.

Recently, Miyamoto tweeted about working on a live-action film for years. Fans were so hyped that social media platforms almost selected their favorite cast for Link. But the film’s director is still causing a lot of anticipation among people. So, who is Wes Ball, the Director of the upcoming Zelda movie?

Wes Ball to direct Nintendo’s upcoming Zelda movie

Wes Ball will be directing Nintendo’s most-awaited project, a live-action film based on The Legend of Zelda. While fans are curious about this director’s creative talent, Ball seemed to sweep critics away with an unbelievable track record in his career. Ball directed The Maze Runner, Maze Runner: The Scotch Trials, and Maze Runner: The Death Cure.

Apart from Nintendo’s upcoming project, this talented director will also make his mark with another addition to the Planet of the Apes franchise. Following this, fans are assured that Nintendo and Sony have decided to bring one of the best talents in the field.

To add factual evidence to the same, Wes Ball is a well-known name in the industry; thanks to his Maze Runner franchise. It was able to pull up a massive $139 million making him one of the successful directors.

Now, as he puts on his creative hat once more, he is likely to carry forward Miyamoto’s passion for Zelda lore on the big screen. Not only that, given Ball’s talent, the direction will highly be something out-of-the-box. With movie’s director all set, fans are excited to know other members of the franchise including script writers who will take on some very vital roles in the framing of the story line.

Zelda movie will have a brilliant script-writer alongside director Wes Ball

The Legend of Zelda is one of those franchises that entertained fans for over a decade. That is why hearing about a live-action film based on its lore has fans extra curious about its script-writer as well. They most likely want the person to understand the video game series’ essence and bring that to the film as well.

Now breaking all the speculation, a trusted insider announced on their X (formerly Twitter) that Derek Connolly will write The Legend of Zelda-themed live-action film’s script!

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Many enthusiasts already know that Connolly is the guy behind the marvellous script of Jurassic World Trilogy. Not just that but he also co-wrote the screenplay of Pokemon Detective Pikachu. If these updates are true then Zelda fans surely are eager to witness some epic moments of their favorite video game characters on the big screen.

The live-action film based on the Zelda franchise already brought much anticipation and excitement. Following the addition of a brilliant director and equally brilliant scriptwriter, fans surely have a lot to look forward to. So, what about you? Are you interested in this live-action Zelda film?

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