Netflix and Nintendo did not return requests for comment. But when Netflix leaked it, they freaked out and they pulled the plug on the entire program to adapt these things.”ĬollegeHumor’s claymation “Star Fox” show was never announced or leaked in the media. Nintendo freaked out because it was the first time they had done any television or other adaptations for years and years. Someone at Netflix leaked ‘The Legend of Zelda’ thing and they weren’t supposed to talk about it. Then I heard from my boss that we weren’t doing ‘Star Fox’ anymore. Fox’ style ‘Star Fox.’ Then a month later there were reports that Netflix wasn’t doing ‘The Legend of Zelda’ anymore. “It was gonna happen, we were gonna make a ‘Fantastic Mr. “We had a secret project at CollegeHumor where we were gonna make a claymation version of Star Fox with Nintendo,” Conover said in the interview. Conover noted that he was involved in a claymation television adaptation of Nintendo’s “ Star Fox” franchise around the time of the Journal’s “Zelda” report and said that Nintendo swiftly axed both series due to the leak of the latter title.Īnimated Series ‘Mulligan’ Finds the Comedy in a Post-Apocalyptic America The Journal’s article proved to be the “Zelda” show’s undoing and also inadvertently killed another television adaptation of one of Nintendo’s oldest franchises, according to Adam Conover, the creator of TruTV’s “Adam Ruins Everything.”Ĭonover explained the “Zelda” show’s premature death in a recent interview on The Serf Times YouTube show. The Wall Street Journal reported in 2015 that Netflix was working on a live-action “The Legend of Zelda” television show and described the project as “‘Game of Thrones’ for a family audience.” The project was in its early stages at the time and casting details and a prospective release date were never provided. A live-action television adaptation of Netflix’s acclaimed “ The Legend of Zelda” franchise was in development before leaks caused the video game company to cancel the project.
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