• Jordan Vogt-Roberts In Talks To Direct 'Metal Gear Solid'

    Jordan Vogt-Roberts, who made his feature debut directing The Kings of Summer, is now in talks become the Metal Gear Solid director. The film will (of course) be based on the long-running series of Metal Gear games from Konami and creator Hideo Kojima. Precisely which games will be featured is open to question, however. Deadline has the…

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  • Producer Avi Arad Says 'Uncharted' Movie Will Hit First, Followed By 'Metal Gear Solid' And 'Mass Effect'

    A ton of major video games are currently being developed in Hollywood. Just recently, Watch Dogs got started, we saw test footage from Warcraft and heard about Gran Turismo coming to life. Looking back further, games based on Uncharted, Metal Gear Solid and Mass Effect have been bubbling for several years. However, despite a few close calls,…

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  • 'Spider-Man' Producer Announces 'Metal Gear Solid' Movie

    Sony has officially announced that they will be bringing Konami's hit videogame franchise Metal Gear Solid to the big screen. Deja Vu? Yes, I did write this exact story in February 2007, but producer Michael De Luca never got it off the ground. This time the announcement was made to video game fans attending the Metal…

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  • Dead Projects: Hairspray 2 And Metal Gear Solid

    Sadly, these two movies don't seem to have simultaneously killed each other in a fight to the death, but regardless: both Hairspray 2 and the Metal Gear Solid movie are dead. At least for the moment. There's always the possibility of a zombie attack. Details on both after the break -- I know you'll wade…

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  • No Metal Gear Solid Movie Anytime Soon, Says Producer Mike De Luca

    For years now, we've been reporting on the potential film adaptation of the Konami game series Metal Gear Solid. Last year, we reported that Equilibrium director Kurt Wimmer was talking with the studio about adapting the game, and there were also rumors about Paul Thomas Anderson directing as well (we think they really meant Paul…

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  • 15 Films That Influenced Metal Gear Solid Creator Hideo Kojima

    Hideo Kojima is perhaps a better filmmaker than he is a game designer. Since the Playstation's Metal Gear Solid, Kojima has always attempted to push the envelope in terms of making video games cinematic. While it was merely an interesting artistic experiment on the PS1, Metal Gear Solid 2 & 3 on the Playstation 2…

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  • The /Filmcast: After Dark - Episode 2

    The /Filmcast: After Dark is a recording of what happens right after The /Filmcast is over, when the kids have gone to bed and the guys feel free to speak whatever is on their minds. In other words, it's the leftover and disorganized ramblings, mindfarts, and brain diarrhea from The /Filmcast, all in one convenient…

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  • Konami Says Paul Thomas Anderson Is Circling Metal Gear Solid? NOT TRUE!

    UPDATE #1 : I just received an email from Kotaku editor, Brian Ashcraft, who originally spoke with Konami's Aki Saito in person and here's what he said: "Hey Hunter, [Saito] said Paul Thomas Anderson, not just Paul Anderson, but specifically 'Thomas.' Hope that helps!" I just asked Brian again if Saito possibly meant to say…

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  • Kurt Wimmer To Write And Possibly Direct Metal Gear Solid Movie?

    Coming Soon had a chance to speak with producer Michael De Luca (21, Ghost Rider) and he passed along news that a Metal Gear Solid movie, based off the long-running hit espionage video game franchise, is once again going ahead. The project has been in the very early stages for sometime (see eerily similar Slashfilm…

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