Tom Holland stars as Link in cursed Netflix Zelda posters

Video game adaptations are by no means new, but they are turning a corner. This year, Sonic The Hedgehog 2 went on to become the most successful video game adaptation of all time. HBO’s upcoming adaptation of The Last of Us also looks incredible and in spite of the memes, The Super Mario Bros. Movie looks very entertaining too.

There are so many projects in the works but for now, there’s no The Legend of Zelda series planned - yet that hasn’t stopped a series of AI posters from fooling fans into thinking there’s one on the way.

Speaking of Zelda, check out the latest trailer for the sequel to Breath Of The Wild, Tears of The Kingdom, below.

As reported by Kotaku, a series of AI-generated posters have been doing the rounds online, fooling Zelda fans into thinking a Netflix adaptation is on the way. Sorry to disappoint, but it’s not. The posters star Tom Holland as Link, Idris Elba as Ganon, Emma Watson as Zelda, Gemma Chan as Great Fairy, Sadie Sink as Malon, Danny Devito as Tingle, Jameela Jamil as Urbosa, Maisie Williams as Saria, Meryl Streep as Twinrova, and Steve Buscemi as Dampe. 

There’s something mildly unsettling about the Tom Holland poster but for the most part, I’m not against this AI casting. The posters were created by Facebook user Dan Leveille, and have already amassed over 10,000 shares. Eventually, Dan had to let everyone in on the secret. He wrote, “JK. Made with #midjourney, inpainting with #dalle, some facial correction using Tencent ARC, and a bunch of Photoshop.”

The creator further explained his process to Kotaku. He said, “In most cases, I ran the prompts well over a hundred times, so I would let them generate throughout the day. The main challenge was to get the faces to look like the actors, and then also like the characters [as] 95% of the time, the face doesn’t look close enough to the actor.” If there’s one thing this has proved, it’s that there’s a huge appetite for a Zelda show, but that’s hardly surprising.