The Legend of Zelda (April Fools trailer)



The Legend of Zelda was a supposed movie adaption of The Legend of Zelda.

Trailer
On April 1, 2008, IGN released a trailer for a movie based around The Legend of Zelda series. Characters in the film include Link, Princess Zelda, Ganondorf, Sahasrahla, and the Triforce. The setting included the land of Hyrule, the Temple of Time, Hyrule Castle, and its market. Other characters also appeared in the trailer, though they were most likely minor characters. Enemies from The Legend of Zelda series also appeared in the trailer, such as Peahats.

Songs used in the trailer included orchestrated versions of Epona's Song, The Legend of Zelda theme, and other new music.

April Fool's
The trailer was revealed to be a fake on at 12:01 AM (PST) on April 2nd by IGN in a big letdown to several fans. Later that day IGN released more details regarding the trailer.

The team at Rainfall Films, which consisted of nearly 20 members at its peak, spent about three months working on the trailer, with Sam Balcomb as its director. All the visual effects were done at his home. Regarding why Link in the trailer is right-handed, Balcom said,

Because [Link] was right-handed in Twilight Princess. The real reason is that JR Killigrew, who plays Link, is right-handed and the fact the he was essentially coming in to shoot for three days and do a fight scene just wasn't enough reason to spend the months to train to fight left-handed.