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Sony Pictures making Metal Gear movie

By Tor Thorsen, GameSpotPosted Feb 8, 2007 10:21 am PT

[UPDATE] Executive confirms his movie studio is working on the live-action adaptation of the seminal stealth action series; Sony also pondering EverQuest film.

At the Electronic Entertainment Expo last year, Konami revealed that work had begun on a live-action movie based on Metal Gear Solid. The news broke via a pamphlet for Studio Kojima, the Konami-owned development house headed up by Metal Gear series creator Hideo Kojima.

"I have received many offers to adapt Metal Gear Solid. It has taken a long time, but we have finally settled on an arrangement," Kojima said in a statement. "False facts aside, a movie project is underway. I have finalized a Class-A contract with a party in Hollywood."

For eight months, the identity of the aforementioned "party" was unknown. That changed this week, when Sony Pictures Entertainment vice chairman Yair Landau revealed his studio is developing the project.

"We're working with the Metal Gear guys," Landau told GameSpot following his D.I.C.E. summit keynote address in Las Vegas. "It's a very cinematic game, it really lends itself to movie telling. But the question is, 'How do you translate Snake's experience into a full arc that conforms to what audiences expect on the large screen?'"

Landau also hinted the Metal Gear Solid movie may just be the beginning. "There are other games we are looking to develop," the executive said. "We're working with one of my favorite producers right now on an idea for an EverQuest movie." The producer was apparently of such stature that Landau declined to name him. "I'll let him disclose that," he said cryptically.

Besides the forthcoming World of Warcraft film, currently in development at Warner Bros., the Metal Gear Solid movie is the highest-profile game-film project in Hollywood. Previously, that stature was held by the Peter Jackson-produced Halo adaptation, which imploded last year.

[UPDATE] On Friday, news of Sony's involvement surfaced in the Hollywood trades, which gave further details on the deal. According to The Hollywood Reporter, former New Line Cinema chief Michael De Luca is in talks to produce the project, with Kojima himself being named as executive producer.

Sony executives Sam Dickerman and Doug Belgrad are in charge of finalizing the deal to acquire the Metal Gear Solid film rights, which is apparently close to completion. Belgrad hailed the Metal Gear IP as "loaded with well-developed, intriguing characters and one of the first games to ever use cinematic tools in its storytelling."

1471 Comments

  • ali-009

    Posted Dec 13, 2009 4:55 am PT

    LOL,a movie,you mean a series with 3 seasons at least,it will become more popular than LOST,but anyways it can't be changed into a movie because every single detail in the game have a story of its own,it is not only about snake,and how can someone become snake,or how will the re-create the fight between raiden and vamp,this can't become a movie,that can't happen.

  • aslom1

    Posted Nov 21, 2009 11:28 am PT

    Hello all, MGS film? FINALLY..I have created an MGS film myself, which rivals Philanthropy, but which takes real-life actors and creates an MGS film out if them! It is called MGS: Progeny of the Patriots. Here is the Youtube Trailer, and soon, I will upload the entire film (45 mins) onto Youtube, and Megaupload: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TwME3SAmFs

    Here is the Website for it also: http://metalgearaslom.blogspot.com/

    What do people think? please advertise this film...I need Kojima/the new fil producers to see it!

  • GuitarRipper420

    Posted Sep 3, 2009 3:54 am PT

    David Hayter can be the one and only Solid Snake.

  • CptJuancho

    Posted Aug 29, 2009 11:13 pm PT

    Please don't screw it up and make a good movie. I agree the story must be from the metal gear 1 (199. I almost cried at the end, it's too perfect.

  • GuitarRipper420

    Posted Aug 29, 2009 2:21 am PT

    One more very important thing, it needs the soundtrack from the 1998 version, the theme right at the beginning of the game when that women is singing but with no words, it has the metal gear feel for me. I have just been waiting for this for 12 years.

  • GuitarRipper420

    Posted Aug 29, 2009 2:17 am PT

    One more thing, the story from the Metal Gear Solid on playstation 1 had the perfect story, that is why i loved it, the story, 5 out of 5 stars.

  • GuitarRipper420

    Posted Aug 29, 2009 2:15 am PT

    It just needs to be like Metal Gear Solid for Playstation 1998, then you have the best movie in the world, maybe you should make that game into the movie, that is still the best game in the world to me. I used to beat it everyday, man i still love that game over all of them.

  • hawk2320

    Posted Jul 24, 2009 10:29 am PT

    I think making this movie should have a producer like Jerry Bruckheimer. Based on his previous movies like Hunt For Red October and many more have very good sound tracks. Including camera angles is what you need and you can get that from Jerry B. As for the director I would say Spielberg will be great but I do also think that there's other directors out there who can direct this film.

  • redskins2156

    Posted Apr 12, 2009 12:41 pm PT

    I wish they would make it like they made the final fantasy movies. I don't think theres an actor out there that can fit Solid Snakes mold.

  • joelgargan

    Posted Mar 12, 2009 12:42 am PT

    davorhazer are you joking? George Lucas? Steven Spielberg? Metal Gear is not a crappy summer action flick, its an action drama, and i believe a director(s) with experience in the area other than "Star Wars" should take the seat for this one... (Perhaps the Cohen Brothers....?)

  • Honeydipps

    Posted Feb 11, 2009 5:28 am PT

    i'm more nervous than excited to see this movie. i know we all have our choices for the cast. well for me hugh jackman would make a great solid snake. but the key characteristic is his voice. there's so much drama going on in the series. how can they compress it into one movie without making it look like it was rushed? davorhazer was right, we've all had a rollercoaster ride playing the whole series. what we have perceived of this game can be easily destroyed if the game is not translated well into a movie.

  • kaoka

    Posted Feb 5, 2009 6:04 am PT

    okay, I have a degree in music technology, and I got to say that overdubbing is a lot more work and a lot harder to make seem natural than you think, especially if it was for the whole movie and if your trying to fit someone voice over someone elses. it just wouldn't seem natural no matter what. and george lucas and steven spielberg shouldn't be allowed near MGS because they would turn it into the new indiana jones and none of us want to see that happen. and by the way if you want to see a good game-to-movie, watch max payne, because it is way better than you'd expect and I didn't even really get into the game. I think you should all stop worrying, cause if kojima is on the project you know it's gonna be awsome.

  • davorhazer

    Posted Feb 4, 2009 11:16 am PT

    I'm not even going to bother watching if it's another mediocre game-to-movie deal. I just really don't want to ruin that moment after I've completed the series thinking, that was the best series of games, ever... I think steven spielberg or george lucas should take the chair

  • acortez707

    Posted Dec 29, 2008 1:26 am PT

    That would b pretty sweeet!!!... Those games are hellla tight!!.

  • division_9

    Posted Aug 21, 2008 5:52 am PT

    God Bless Kojima.

  • ShadowOfKratos

    Posted Jun 28, 2008 4:26 pm PT

    Kojima said in a statement. "False facts aside, a movie project is underway. I have finalized a Class-A contract with a party in Hollywood."

    "According to The Hollywood Reporter, former New Line Cinema chief Michael De Luca is in talks to produce the project, with Kojima himself being named as EXECUTIVE PRODUCER."

    do you know what this means if it's true??
    it means this movie is NOT gonna end up like Hitman, or Street Fighter or some other b.s. game-movie adaptation. coz if Kojima has even just a nail on the project, he will make sure Hollywood makes this an Oscar... Kojima is gonna own!!!

  • bobbyslindog

    Posted Jun 23, 2008 12:01 am PT

    thanks.. at last they made a movie of my number one favorite games mgs, that's what i've waited for too long ago when i was playing metal gear solid in playstation... that's my dream to watch a movie of metal gear at big screen....... thanks to Hideo Kojima my idol.. your fan Bob

  • nintendoecx

    Posted Jun 13, 2008 6:08 pm PT

    cool cant wait to watch it. when is the movie going to release on theaters?

  • domot

    Posted Jun 2, 2008 3:59 am PT

    Hope they still have David hayter and all that.And i hope they release a move for all 6 games

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