Theres tackling a beloved franchise… and thentheres tackling The Legend of Zelda.
I think it had sold like five million copies of books when we started that movie.
But the fan base was loud and intense.
Wes Ball filming Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.Image: Fox
And so I learned a little bit of that.
Expectations came there and they told me when I got it wrong.
Same thing on [Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes].
Noa in Kingdom.Image: Fox
I dont have blinders on.
I know what Im going into.
I would not have done it unless I thought I was capable of doing it.
I wouldnt have done this movie if I didnt think I was capable of doing it.
But I grew up playing Zelda, dreaming about Zelda, thinking about Zelda.
Its an important thing to me, so I will do my best to not mess it up.
When Fox first approached Ball to make a new Planet of the Apes movie, he said no.
You didnt need to continue the trilogy in a way, right?
It had a perfect little beginning, middle, and end.
There was no reason to go back into it.
And you dont want to be a part four.
Part fours dont work, typically.
Beginning, middle, end.
Were wired for that.
One, two, three.
But then Ball had an idea.
What if we followed an ape centuries in the future who didnt know about Caesars world?
A story that featured Caesars accomplishments and beliefs as almost religious texts?
I think we found a way to do it.
But that was the goal for me.
Theres been nine movies before us.
How do we kind of fit into that DNA?
Fitting into the DNA of Planet of the Apes is one thing.
Fitting into the DNA of a video game franchise with almost 40 years of rich history is another.
So, we wondered, did the same thing happen with The Legend of Zelda?
No, Ball said.
Ill say its been many years.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes opens May 10 and well have more from Ball next week.
The Legend of Zelda does not yet have a release date.
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