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News Nintendo officially announces live-action Zelda film, produced by Shigeru Miyamoto and Avi Arad, directed by Wes Ball

Much like I doubt any Splatoon movie would be spoken in Inklish, I doubt any Zelda movie will have a mute Link.
 
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Unless Wes Ball is taking notes from Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes and incorporates sign language, Link will have spoken dialogue.
 
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Link isn't canonically silent, we just don't get to see his dialogue (outside of picking between dialogue options). It's a common video game trope to avoid alienating the player when the protagonist's personality and character isn't at all important to the story. As much as his blank staring in BotW cutscenes became a meme, just about every Zelda game with dialogue since ALttP has NPCs clearly respond to something Link said; we just don't get to know exactly how he phrased it.

The fact that we're not in control of Link in the movie already breaks the illusion hiding his dialogue is meant to maintain, so there's no point in following the games here. That said, I wouldn't be entirely shocked if they keep the quiet, bottled up interpretation of BotW and TotK - as long as it's a good fit for the tone of the movie.
 
I’ve seen loads of fantasy movies with generic boyish elvin protagonists. I’ve seen very few non-silent movies with silent protagonists. To me, silent but determined and honest feels like Link and a big action-fantasy movie where the main character doesn’t talk is so much more interesting than another generic blockbuster.
 
ammonite said:
I’ve seen loads of fantasy movies with generic boyish elvin protagonists. I’ve seen very few non-silent movies with silent protagonists. To me, silent but determined and honest feels like Link and a big action-fantasy movie where the main character doesn’t talk is so much more interesting than another generic blockbuster.
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I don’t disagree it would be more interesting, I just don’t think Nintendo actually views Link as a silent character.
 
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ammonite said:
I’ve seen loads of fantasy movies with generic boyish elvin protagonists. I’ve seen very few non-silent movies with silent protagonists. To me, silent but determined and honest feels like Link and a big action-fantasy movie where the main character doesn’t talk is so much more interesting than another generic blockbuster.
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In Conan the Barbarian, Conan is borderline silent. Has very few lines, but basically every one is memorable and important. It can work.
 
beaglor said:
In Conan the Barbarian, Conan is borderline silent. Has very few lines, but basically every one is memorable and important. It can work.
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Yeah Conan the Barbarian is a good comparison. A movie that coasts heavily on its vibes and not much else, to amazing effect.

Regardless, I'm sure Link will talk. The question is how much.
 
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I don’t see Link talking as a huge problem. He talked on the cartoon, it wasn’t that big of an issue! if Mario movie is any indication with the direction of the movie, it will do well.
 
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