Many gamers got excited last April Fool's Day when gaming supersite IGN debuted a trailer for a movie based on Nintendo’s classic adventure RPG franchise The Legend of Zelda.
Here IGN comes clean about the production as an elaborate hoax.
And I do mean elaborate. The trailer, though released last April Fool’s Day and not tied to any actual movie in development, was no laughing matter. Real effort went into its production, real working actors were hired, including J.R. Killigrew (pictured as the hero Link), and real money was spent (including about $10,000 just to train Killigrew to ride a horse properly).
Let’s hope some Hollywood power brokers are paying attention and give this matter some serious thought, eh?
The preview plays out like one giant cliché with fan service and a distinctive Uwe quality to it. We can't help but think IGN's trailer would have been better (and more over the top) had Link been walking down the street of some poor provincial town and people started bursting out singing like the opening of La Belle et la Bête Beauty and the Beast.
Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR1KLZb33QM
