Here’s How Jordan Vogt-Roberts Would Adapt Zelda Into A Movie

While at San Diego Comic-Con this past week, Jordan Vogt-Roberts, director of monster movie Kong: Skull Island has been in a handful of conversations discussing his potential upcoming feature film adaptation of Metal Gear Solid. Vogt-Roberts has stated that the film would stay true to Kojima’s original vision, and it seems the director is adamant that this adaptation doesn’t stray from the game’s narrative unlike most other video game films.

Amongst the discussions regarding this potential upcoming film, fans have taken it upon themselves to ask what he would do with other video game movies, such as Nintendo’s hit series Metroid, and now more recently in an interview with IGN, The Legend of Zelda, another insanely popular video game series from Nintendo.

Vogt-Roberts notes that:

“The thing about Zelda is Zelda is not Lord of the Rings, right? You cannot forget how quirky and bizarre Zelda is at the time. For me if you were to do Zelda, 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, the lasers and Tron lines that happen in the newer games, but in a way that’s not overwhelming.”

Understandably so, there’s a large variety of concepts in The Legend of Zelda that may not translate well on-screen. With each game providing new quirks, it may be difficult to find a way of incorporating them into a screenplay of the series.

Vogt-Robert continues:

“I think you need to find a way to actually fuse the traditional Zelda and the very new Zelda but I actually fully think that Link should not speak the entire film. I would do a film where he’s the silent protagonist.”

Interestingly, the director seems to have a solid vision of what the film should be. I agree Link should be silent just as he is in the games, however I personally think The Legend of Zelda is a series that should steer well away from film and television. What do you think? Would you like to see an adaptation of The Legend of Zelda? Drop us a comment below and let us know.