Uli Latukefu cast as Ganondorf in The Legend of Zelda movie

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The Legend of Zelda live-action movie just named Uli Latukefu as Ganondorf, a casting report that Deadline says comes with a multi-picture deal and has pushed the adaptation into a new creative moment. Conversations coalesced around two concrete beats: the villainous turn of Ganondorf and the revelation that Sam Neill appears in the film in what posts call his final on-screen performance. Many posts zero in on how the adaptation will handle Gerudo and Ganondorf’s racialized history from the games, and whether bringing Ganondorf fully into live action will change the story people know and care about.

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Sam Neill has a role in the live-action ‘Legend of Zelda’ movie ⚔️ It is his final on-screen performance (via Deadline)

4614h ago

Paul // Lost Scot 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇦13

I hope he actually finished the thing and they're not going to dig up SAIm Neill.

Kimba Tai 🔜 Megaplex7

Praying he played the King of Hyrule and not the Zora.

Maiko6

Que seja o rei. @danimilkyart.bsky.social @lyontothepast.bsky.social @andrezzabplays.bsky.social

Esfera3

@misssweetholmes.bsky.social @cere-dev.bsky.social pinta a que tenemos rey de Hyrule para la película.

zesty, vibe edh enthusiast2

his portrayal of Navi will be legendary

AnarchoHobbiesYT2

You have no idea how deeply this confused my dumb ass for a solid five minutes I had to double check and everything.

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SJWJamesBond9

*spittake* Wait, what?! And they kept this a secret for how long?!

G.G. Lapresa8

El búho cabrón que te repite cosas

Jay Annelli5

Oh my god please be Rauru or King of Hyrule

Negromemnon5

Even if this movie is ass, I’ll be there for Raptor Man

Thompson Toboggan3

The role he was born to play

AlexFreddo2

Auch... Hasta una lagrimita se me ha salido

the Mountain Goats

@themountaingoats.bsky.social

is there any way to stop them from making a Zelda movie. as a favor to me, maybe. a treat for JD. no Zelda movie, congratulations JD you get your wish this time

4766h ago

Andrew Sehmann6

We already have the Zelda movie: m.youtube.com/watch?v=TN8-...

SquidRadio6

I will let it arrive. I will let it pass over me, unseen, and once the shadow is gone I will continue onward.

xenia hospitality princess6

it would be so good if lightning would strike the computer that has all the footage on it, obliterating it completely

jcb5

I would expand this opinion into "No films made about video games with silent protagonists."

Joseph Fink, we're going to win5

Benjamin Evan Ainsworth is playing Link

maggie schreiter4

NO MOVIE CANON FOR GANON

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Bonnicula | Vampire Vtuber ⚧37

This is the only live action zelda I care about

DiscussingFilm

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Uli Latukefu will star as Ganondorf in the live-action ‘LEGEND OF ZELDA’ movie. (Source: @kylebuchanan.bsky.social)

2987h ago

Akuago (GMod Porting Commissions OPEN!)2

Canon Ganon is now a thing, after so many fan film variants.

KingZut2

funny thing "Taliaʻuli Latukefu is an Australian actor and singer, best known for his roles as Dwayne Johnson in the NBC comedy Young Rock"

BirdFlox1

"Get me The Rock!" "Sir, he's too expensive and getting old!" "Then get me his younger equivalent!"

Landon Norden1

Great. Cast the person of color as the villain against the heroic white leads. That won't be problematic.

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Brandon Santiago117

I thought that was The Rock and had a false jumpscare.

Rafabrilustra ✨34

Vão deixar Ganon AINDA MAIS GOSTOSO?????!!!!!!

Fábio Garcia26

Ganondorf, entre na minha casa e coma os Dekus de toda a minha família

Gabe the Creator8

Infelizmente não estarei do lado do twink

Alvaro the Straw Hat Jester7

Ok, i can kinda get behind that

Make Wistful [sic]6

young rock was the final boss this whole time.

Peter Lopez🍉5

Oh why hello there, Mr. Ganondorf!🫦 [*giggles nervously in Hylian]

Hey Nintendo!3

Quero ver ele dançando SUAVEMENTE

Chris Dunn3

I hope that’s an actual still from the movie and the movie features the phone booth from Link’s Awakening

LyonToThePast3

Não tenho como dizer que gostei do cast, pq não acompanhei o trabalho dele. Mas tem um lado muito bom: mantiveram a coerência de não chamar nenhuma super estrela pro filme.

Wario64

@wario64.bsky.social

'Uli Latukefu Lands Villain Role Of Ganondorf In Sony & Nintendo’s ‘The Legend Of Zelda’' "We hear Latukefu inked a multi-picture deal." deadline.com/2026/08/lege...

3036h ago

Ｎｉｃｋａｐｅｄｉａ22

Kneel before The King of the Gerudo

WCW Worldwide Fansite4

First look of Link vs Ganon

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Gray Writes!19

I’m glad they’re maintaining accuracy to the source material by having Ganondorf be hot

ExpandDong14

Honestly could work out well

ⓓⓔⓔⓑ definitive edition nintendo switch 2 edition10

Dont @ me unless they announce the Tingle casting

Matt the Snow Monster ☃️9

The one net positive about this to me imo is that they're casting actors that aren't familiar to a general audience and I think that's really neat and cool

Justin Carter6

Boy, can’t wait to see what that costuming and makeup looks like as folks try to navigate between that and thirsting for him

corridoroftime.bsky.social5

Suddenly, I too am a Gerudo

pudi5

ele interpretou o The Rock jovem adulto na série sobre a vida do The Rock (junto com mais dois atores que interpretaram o the rock criança e o the rock adolescente)

🦝 Greywaren 🦝4

*busca* Mide casi dos metros, bien elegido.

rose4

Picturing a 30 Rock episode where Alec Baldwin keeps pressuring Tina Fey into gradually slipping more islamophobia into the movie

Leslie3

Oh they really want to keep up the trend of making Ganon extremely fuckable huh

Shinobi602

@shinobi602.bsky.social

Uli Latukefu joins Sony Pictures and Nintendo's 'THE LEGEND OF ZELDA' as Ganondorf ➡️ deadline.com/2026/08/lege... #TheLegendofZelda

676h ago

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GaymerLocutus2

Uli Latukefu se une a 'THE LEGEND OF ZELDA' de Sony Pictures y Nintendo como Ganondorf

Squidge Rugby

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So the Legend of Zelda movie has now cast a Samoan actor who did trials for the Chiefs academy as the chief Goron, and a Tongan-Australian actor who did trials for the Brumbies as Ganondorf. Nintendo are doing more to promote Super Rugby than SANZAAR right now.

415h ago

woke stifler

@yelix.bsky.social

wait hold the fucking fort. Sam Neill’s last role is the Zelda movie???

294h ago

Andy Webb3

he's gotta be playing the king of hyrule or rauru or something like that right

Jeremy Hot Wheels1

he's got some tiny little shoes to fill as King Rhoam

Joseph Fink, we're going to win

@planetoffinks.bsky.social

let Ari Aster direct the Legend of Zelda movie. it's the only way

326h ago

headfallsoff

@headfallsoff.com

this is hard to do when the gerudo are also extremely racist in like ten different ways lol. nintendo lodged it in there pretty deep it's really hard to detangle this stuff without making it just Not Zelda anymore. one of the many reasons i am not writing a movie adaptation of ocarina of time

306h ago

Brian M

@legendofnerd.bsky.social

please do not make me ugly cry during THE LEGEND OF ZELDA live action movie (Sam Neill is in it)

294h ago

Stix 🇵🇸

@rbpstix.bsky.social

Straight up Ganondorf in the Hollywood live-action Zelda movie means they’re gonna get racial with it lolololol it’s the 2000s again babyyyyyy

226h ago

Stix 🇵🇸9

Though the Gerudos’ presence in BOTW/TOTK and Dorf’s meme-y presence in the latter means it’s not going anywhere anytime soon. Those games are the face of Zelda for millions of normies.

Errdor2

Avi Arad gonna double down on this shit + his past stuff in the IDF.

The Verge

@theverge.com

Nintendo or Sony haven’t formally confirmed that there’s more than one movie in the works, though it’s been rumored that Nintendo and Sony might be planning a trilogy.

135h ago

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Charles Pulliam-Moore25

Reserving judgment until I see the wig and makeup situation, but this face bodes well

shan🎷🐛

@shanhoran.bsky.social

Sam Neill’s last role being a Zelda movie is too much for my little heart

153h ago

GoNintendo on Bluesky

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Dichen Lachman, Yvonne Strahovski and the late Sam Neill to appear in The Legend of Zelda movie http://gonintendo.com/contents/63576-dichen-lachman-yvonne-strahovski-and-the-late-sam-neill-to-appear-in-the-legend-of #zelda

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