Over at IGN there is a trailer for what appears to be a Legend of Zelda movie adaptation.

Turns out it was an elaborate (and I do mean that in the fullest sense of the word) April Fool’s hoax, but damn - this thing actually looks very good!

Don’t believe me, go look for yourself…

http://movies.ign.com/dor/articles/863515/legend-of-zelda-movie-trailer/videos/legendofzelda_filmtrailer_040108.html

Crap. They sunk some money into this one big time.

That was terrific.
Lots of love must have been put into that, especially considering it’s just a joke. Astonishingly they found an actor who could be a semi-believable Link too!

Yeah I saw that too and thought it was pretty cool. Ok, Link’s green pointy hat looks a little dopey in live action, but still, I think Hollywood could take an example from this in that there’s no reason you can’t stay true to source material.

Yeah, my son’s a HUGE Zelda fan - he had a Zelda themed birthday party yesterday - and he loved this.  Anybody else notice it was done by the director of The Ore?

I didn’t notice about the director, but that is interesting. It certainly impressed the crap out of me and so did The Ore.

I pretty much this up for you son, btw, I knew about his fascination with Zelda! : )

Glad he enjoyed it.

The thing was well produced and obviously done by people that love the franchise…but who could possibly be fooled by that? And I mean that besides the fact that it was released on the 1st. It’s like a cross between Zelda and Lord of the Rings with worse effects. Still impressive for a faux trailer, but not great.