Zelda Movie—Ganon revealed!
Forget about the recent movie trailer hoax produced by IGN and Rainfall Films. There really is a movie based on Nintendo’s popular game series in the works. The production company is BMB Finishes, and the movie is called The Legend of Zelda: The Hero of Time.
And now for the sad news. BMB Finishes is on a shoestring budget. They are so independent, that they don’t have any production credits to speak of on the Internet Movie Database. So the quality might be a bit lacking.
And by the looks of their movie trailer, I think it’ll be nearly impossible to find the perfect actor to play the hero Link. We might have to use CG animation, or even puppetry, like in Jim Henson’s Dark Crystal.
But here’s the good news: We have discovered the perfect Ganondorf Dragmire—Link’s ultimate nemeses—better known simply as Ganon.
If you’ve seen the movie 10,000 B.C., you’ll know what I’m talking about. The warlord from that movie has a deep, commanding voice. You can hear him shouting clear across the desert—miles upon miles! (No wonder how the hero D’Leh was able to track him down, after admitting that the warlord was like a ghost, leaving no trail to follow.)
The actor playing the warlord is Affif Ben Badra. Check out his profile on the Movie Database. He’s got the unique voice, just like James Earl Jones had for Darth Vader. And, well, he just looks like a Ganon!
In every epic adventure, the villain is always the first to rise to power. Now that we have our Ganon, everything else in the movie world for Zelda will naturally fall into place.
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April 18, 2008 at 10:46 am
Hey, thank you for the comment on my Zelda movie idea. I just wanted to say that I’m not using that wordpress address any more to run my site, I’ve started using http://www.headshotgames.info, so check it out if you want.
Anyway, your comment has revitalised my enthusiasm for writing the film, I think I’ll need to try and put some ideas together first though as it’s going to have to be insanely epic.