Zelda: Nintendo and Sony to make a live-action movie

Shigeru Miyamoto and Avi Arad will be taking on the new Zelda movie

Nintendo and Sony have announced they are making a live action movie of the Legend of Zelda games.

The Legend of Zelda is one of Nintendo's most popular gaming series and follows hero, Link, as he tries to save Hyrule.

The new movie will be co-produced by famous video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto - who has worked on almost every single game in the Legend of Zelda series - and Avi Arad - who has produced many of the Spider-Man movies - and will be directed by Wes Ball.

There is no news yet on who will star in the movie, or when it will be out, and Miyamoto has said fans might have to wait a while: "It will take time until its completion, but I hope you look forward to seeing it," he said.

What is the Legend of Zelda?

The first Legend of Zelda game was released back in 1986, and was designed by Shigeru Miyamoto, who also created the Donkey Kong and Mario Brothers series.

The Zelda games are Nintendo's second most successful franchise of all time (after Super Mario), having sold around 160 million copies since it was first released.

The latest Zelda game - Tears of the Kingdom - broke records when it was released earlier this year, for being the fastest-selling Nintendo game to date.

Breath of the Wild is the best-selling game in the series, having sold an estimated 30 million copies overall.

The new Legend of Zelda movie will join the ever-growing list of video game movies released over in recent years.

The Super Mario Bros Movie, released earlier this year, became one of the highest-grossing animated films of all time, earning more than $1bn (£800m) at the box office.

Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog movie made hundreds of millions at the box office, as well as Nintendo's Detective Pikachu, and most recently Five Night's at Freddy's had a record-breaking opening weekend at the cinemas.

This will be the first attempt to make a Zelda film and fans have expressed their excitement and concerns online.

What do you think? Do you think making a Zelda movie is a good idea? Who do you think should play Link?