Netflix and Nintendo are at work potentially developing a TV series based on The Legend of Zelda. The news broke last week and got video game fans salivating. Sure there was a short lived Zelda TV show many years ago, but a Nintendo property hasn’t been adapted into a big budget, live-action…well…anything since the early Nineties. And The Legend of Zelda has long been at the top of fan’s wish lists for a new show of movie.

But what is the show going to be? All we know at the moment is Nintendo and Netflix want a family friendly show with the aesthetic of Game of Thrones. Okay, but how old will Link be? Zelda? Which will be the main character? Is Ganon the bad guy? What story will they use? At this point, without a script or showrunner, all options are likely on the table.

Since most of The Legend of Zelda games are about younger characters, that how we went with our casting wishlist. We tried to pick actors who, for the most part, aren’t super famous but are age appropriate. Actors both in the box and way outside it. The resulting list features lots of people who you may or may not have heard of, but you wouldn’t be surprised to hear were cast on a Netflix show. That’s not to say we didn’t stretch here or there.

So below, we’ve got our own Legend of Zelda Netflix casting wishlist for Link, Zelda, Ganon and then a writer/showrunner/director type. Check it out.

Link

Note: For this role I tried to pick actors who embody one, or all, of the Link characteristics you think of. Some have a Link look about them. Others, you’d totally buy as a quiet nobody who then grows into a hero. I even threw in a few who are almost wholly unheroic – like The Windwaker version of the character instead of the Skyward Sword one. Also – I tried to keep them under 21, with one exception.

Thomas Brodie-Sangster

You know Brodie-Sangster from Game of Thrones, The Maze Runner, and looking pretty much exactly like Link from The Legend of Zelda. For that reason, and the fact he’s a really good actor with a strong fanbase, the 24-year-old actor is the one age exception on this list.

Sean Giambrone

The star of The Goldbergs might not look like an imposing hero and that’s exactly the point. He looks kind of meek, but time and time again he’s proved on the ABC show that he’s not. Even at 15, Giambrone has got fire in him. For that reason, I think he’d be a great Link.

Ross Lynch

Lynch is one of two pop-stars on this list, but he also happens to be a Disney Channel star. He can act, sing, has a huge fan base and those very clean cut good looks you’d imagine the actor who plays Link would have. He’s 19.

Alex Esmail

If John Boyega can go from the Block to Star Wars, why can’t 21-year-old Alex Esmail go to The Legend of Zelda? We know he’s charasmatic and funny, but also a little subversive. Is he good? Is he bad? Is he scared? Is he not? The actor could definitely bring some charm and depth to the role.

Jaden Smith

We all know Jaden Smith is a little crazy. His Twitter feed is legendary. But lots of the best actors are crazy and Smith is a really good actor when he wants to be. He’s got box office clout and at 16, lots of heroic leading roles under his belt. Link could be just another notch on it.

Jack Griffo

Frankly, I don’t know alot about Jack Griffo. He’s 18, he’s on the Nickelodeon show The Thundermans and got his start in Sound of My Voice. But when you’re looking at casts of teen shows, no one popped out more as “Link” than he did.

Ty Simpkins

Ty Simpkins is too young and too small to be Link. Which is exactly why he’d make a good choice for the role. The essence of the character is an unassuming young boy becoming a man; how awesome would it be to see Simpkins go from innocent to ultimate bad-ass? The 13-year-old could pull it off plus, by the time Zelda gets going, he’ll be older.

Harry Styles

This is only partially a joke. Boy band stardom doesn’t last forever and Harry Styles, the popular 21-year-old star of One Direction, is on schedule to find that out any month now. His stardom could probably get him an audition for this role, he’s obviously got the look and it would bring in a slew of young viewers who probably wouldn’t care otherwise.

Joel Courtney

If it’s good enough for J.J. Abrams, it’s good enough for Nintendo. Courtney, now 19, was the star of Super 8 back in 2011. He’s since kept busy with a series of smaller movies but that first one proved he could go from anonymous to hero over the course of a film. Think what he could do over the course of a series.

Chandler Riggs

Playing Carl on The Walking Dead, Chandler Riggs has already gone from zero to hero. Will he want to stay on TV once that’s done? We don’t know, but a more family friendly version of that arc, with some swords, shields and horses, would probably suit him just fine. He’s 15, he’s got a fan base and a lot of talent.

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Kingsman: The Secret Service is the first great action film of 2015, a  delightful riff on British spy movies that manages to bring a modern sensibility to its incredibly choreographed action set pieces. Thus, it was with great pleasure that I interviewed Matthew Margeson, who wrote the score for Kingsman along with co-composer Henry Jackman. The score is a delight, with an enjoyable theme that has hints of “British elegance and charm,” as Margeson puts it.

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As Muggles, we oohed and ahhed over the magical world introduced in the Harry Potter series. But what would happen if Harry and his wizard pals encountered Muggle magic? You know, the kind that Gob Bluth, Barney Stinson, and the Four Horsemen like to practice? A hilarious parody video answers just that question. Watch it after the jump. 

YouTube user PistolShrimps posted the video below, titled “Harry Potter and the Magic Show.”

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Ethan Hunt’s next jet-setting, death-defying international adventure will be just as big as his last one. Paramount and IMAX announced today that Mission: Impossible 5 will play in IMAX when it hits theaters July 31. Because if Tom Cruise is going to strap himself to a plane at 5,000 feet, he’s gonna make damn sure we can drink in every little detail. Get all the info on the Mission Impossible 5 IMAX release after the jump.

The press release from Paramount Pictures, Skydance Productions, Bad Robot, and IMAX Corporation notes that Mission: Impossible 5 is being digitally remastered for the IMAX format. Unlike Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, it doesn’t seem to have any scenes actually shot in IMAX. Which is too bad, because the native IMAX scenes of Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol were some of the best parts.

Nevertheless, everyone involved sounds just thrilled about the impending Mission Impossible 5 IMAX release. Said Cruise: “IMAX is so important in giving the audience the best experience of the film we have made. I am very happy to have this partnership on the next Mission.”

IMAX exec Greg Foster added, “This film was literally made for IMAX and summer moviegoing.”

And Paramount vice chairman Rob Moore chimed in, “Audiences the world over proved with the last Mission that the IMAX experience is not to be missed and so we are all thrilled to again partner with Rich, Greg and everyone at IMAX to bring this next exciting installment to their screens this summer.”

The last Mission: Impossible was indeed a big success, earning nearly $700 million at the global box office. Collectively, the four Mission: Impossible movies so far have grossed over $2 billion worldwide.

Christopher McQuarrie is directing this time around, while Cruise returns in the lead. Also back from previous installments are Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, and Ving Rhames. Alec Baldwin, Rebecca Ferguson, and Sean Harris join the series for the first time. Cruise, J.J. Abrams, and Bryan Burk are producing.

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We’ve seen the “cop on the run with an endangered witness” plot before, but with Reese Witherspoon as the cop and Sofia Vergara as the witness, things take a couple turns that are probably new to the genre. Hot Pursuit casts Witherspoon as a straight-laced, possibly inept cop who is charged with escorting Vergara, the widow of a drug dealer, to a safe location. The first Hot Pursuit trailer shows all sorts of antics as the two attempt to survive the journey.

Anne Fletcher (The Proposal, 27 Dresses), directs, and Hot Pursuit also features John Carroll Lynch, Rob Kazinsky, and Richard T. Jones. (Oh, and Jim Gaffigan, whose cameo kinda steals the trailer.) The film looks like a big comedy with a little bit of action — maybe in the vein of Heat, with a little Midnight Run thrown in. It’s fun seeing Witherspoon being loose and kind of goofy, and the film throws her personality against Vergara’s Modern Family-honed approach to comedy, maybe to good effect.

Hot Pursuit will be released on May 8. Trailer via People.

An uptight and by-the-book cop (Reese Witherspoon) tries to protect the sexy and outgoing widow (Sofia Vergara) of a drug boss as they race through Texas pursued by crooked cops and murderous gunmen.

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Which Sopranos actor joined Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D? What’s the latest update on AMC’s Preacher? How many more movies does Samuel L. Jackson have to make for Marvel? Want to see a new still from Daredevil? What did Margot Robbie and Will Smith about the script to Suicide Squad? Are there lots of cool new Batman and DC figures coming out soon? Read about all this and more in today’s Superhero Bits.

Yes, yet another cool piece of Avengers: Age of Ultron art with Vision fighting the bad guy, via TonyStarkSincero and SHH.

Sopranos star Drea de Matteo has joined Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Samuel L. Jackson told IGN he only has two more movies on his Marvel contract, but he hopes to extend it.

Superhero Hype reports the people casting AMC’s Preacher want an African-American actress for Tulip O’Hare.

The first tease of the penultimate episode of Agent Carter from Marvel.

Gamma Squad has some new plot information on the new DC Comics crossover Convergence.

My Dad, he used to come to this church…he was a fighter…lost more than he won…but he always got back up. pic.twitter.com/8KkDNSCwdk

— Daredevil (@Daredevil) February 12, 2015

Marvel released this still image from the Daredevil trailer.

IO9 has some good ideas about how the Infinity Gauntlet will be adapted for the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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