‘Metal Gear Solid’ Director Reveals How He Would Make A Zelda Movie

Metal Gear Solid Legend of Zelda Jordan Vogt-Roberts

During an interview with IGN‘s Comic-Con live, Metal Gear Solid director Jordan Vogt-Roberts shared his thoughts on making a Zelda film in the future.

The director behind films such as The Kings Of Summer, Successful Alcoholics, Memoirs of a Manchild, and last but not least Kong: Skull Island is set to direct the upcoming Metal Gear Solid film which has a lot of anticipation surrounding it. Vogt-Roberts recently expressed his interest in adapting another video game, that being The Legend of Zelda franchise, revealing a very clear vision for what his take would be:

“I think you have to find a way to very intensely fuse the pure just sort of fantasy of The Ocarina of Time and The Link to the Past, but then I think you need to find a way to incorporate the newer pseudo-tech stuff — you know…”

One element the director revealed he thinks should carry over from the video game series to a film is Hyrule’s hero Link remaining silent throughout the entire movie just as he has in every installment to the video game series:

“I actually fully think Link should not speak the entire film. I would do a film where he’s a silent protagonist.”

Earlier today, Castlevania executive producer Adi Shankar was reported to be in talks to produce a Legend Of Zelda television series, however, no further details have yet been revealed.

Personally, I think Vogt-Roberts is a great candidate to direct a Zelda movie. Based on his recent success with Kong: Skull Island, he has the chops to pull of a great Zelda film… and you never know maybe we can get a Zelda cinematic universe. Wouldn’t that be something?

Source: IGN