Sony Pictures making Metal Gear movie

[oliver1013]

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.

May mga RPG fans ba tayo diyan?

[tsupermario]

think bloodrayne, doom, streetfighter, wing commander..

but i'll keep my fingers crossed :D

[niky]

think bloodrayne, doom, streetfighter, wing commander..

but i'll keep my fingers crossed :D

Well... c'mon... there were some bright spots... like Mario Brothers ...\

I guess it depends on who directs it and who writes it.

As long as the story isn't as over-the-top cornball as the games... don't get me wrong, I enjoy the games, the action, the drama, the comedy, etcetera, but the melodrama, sometimes, sheesh.

[doriftospeed]

Baka maging modern day Rambo and labas. hehe

[ssaloon]

if ever this project pushes through, i hope the movie does justice to the gaming franchise, which is freaking awesome!!!

[empy]

hmm...sino kaya ang lead role?

actually the hell with solid snake, he needs a 'handler' / love interest...jessica alba in skintight leather perhaps? :naughty2: