Yeah okay, I guess Arrow has a point…
It’s been reported before that the METAL GEAR SOLID movie was being hacked out (though Kojima prematurely stated that it was a go), and today, Sony Pictures finally announced that the deal’s been made to bring Solid Snake and company to the big screen.
At the D.I.C.E. Summit earlier this week, Sony Pictures Entertainment vice chairman Yair Landau revealed that the ‘party’ in Hollywood that series creator Hideo Kojima referred to 8 months ago was Landau’s own studio. “We’re working with the METAL GEAR guys,” Landau explained to GameSpot following the announcement. “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?'”
Well for starters, you don’t have Uwe Boll direct your film, which thankfully Sony has stated that he won’t get near the project. In fact, no director has been announced as of yet. The second being who would take on the role of Snake? King Arrow says Michael Biehn, I say David Hayter. What say you?
Also in the GameSpot article, Yair touches on Sony’s plans to bring another successful franchise to the big screen in EVERQUEST, which you can read about here.
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