A Netflix deal to make a live-action The Legend of Zelda TV series was scrapped by Nintendo after word of the project was leaked back in 2015.
That’s according to US comedian Adam Conover, who was working on a similar Nintendo project at the time.
Speaking last night on The Serf Times podcast, as dug by up supererogatory, Conover says he was in talks with Nintendo to make a Star Fox claymation project inspired by Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox movie adaptation.
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But when The Wall Street Journal leaked word of the Zelda series, Nintendo got cold feet on the project – and all other plans to adapt its franchises.
“I worked at CollegeHumour and we had a secret project where we were going to make a claymation version of StarFox with Nintendo,” Conover said. “I know this because Shigeru Miyamoto came to our office, and I remember that because I asked my boss if I could be in the office that day – ‘cos it was the weekend – because I just wanted to watch Shigeru Miyamoto walk by. He told me no and I’m still mad at him…