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‘Metal Gear Solid’ Movie Adaptation Heads Into Production; Will Be Produced By Avi Arad, Hideo Kojima
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If there were ever a video game franchise that needed to be adapted it would have to be Metal Gear Solid. Regardless of what you think of the quality of video game adapted films (most of the time they suck), studios keep churning them out, and no matter how sacred the franchise, studios see a property they like, they will turn it into a film.

But maybe things aren’t as bad as they seem. At a Metal Gear anniversary party, there was a banner that read “Metal Gear Solid Hollywood Movie” with the Columbia Pictures logo located right below it. Arad and Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima were on hand to confirm the project, where they said they “will take our time and tell the story with all the nuances, ideology, cautionary tales needed.”

Arad is on board to act as producer for the film and that Columbia Pictures would finance and distribute it. This comes after the fact that the Metal Gear Solid adaptation was under a near five-year gestation period. Word of an adaptation was being developed started in 2007, but in 2010, it started to look like it wasn’t going to happen. Kojima will act as an executive producer.

Sounds like some typical lip service talk. Bringing a film that stays true to the franchise is something we’ve all heard of before. But Arad has given us some very likable films like the Spider-Man franchise, the X-Men Franchise, and the Blade Franchise. He’s also given us some clunky failures like the Bratz movie (still can’t believe that was an actual movie).

The franchise is a complex story filled multi-generational stories with infiltration and espionage. But the first game started with a special ops soldier code named Solid Snake infiltrating a nuclear weapons disposal facility to neutralize the terrorist organization FOXFOUND, a specialized attack force group gone rouge. Since those events, we learn that there is much more to Snake, FOXHOUND, and the people behind the Metal Gear projects. There is so much that a prequel game had to be made to elaborate on the history. It’s all very complex, but it’s also a very fun game to play.

With the Metal Gear Solid movie still very early in development, there has been no writer, director, or cast attached to star. And given the complexity of the game franchise, it could be a while before the writers are able to crack the script. I am still hoping that they can get Viggo Mortensen to play as Snake.

So what do you think, is it about time that Metal Gear Solid get the film treatment?

[Source: Kotaku]

9 Comments »

  1. YES!!!!!! hope this works out. And screw Aragorn, I got one name for you.
    Hugh Jackman.

    Comment by Eddie Rios — August 30, 2012 @ 7:01 pm

  2. CHRISTIANNNN BALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!

    Comment by Hades — August 30, 2012 @ 7:39 pm

  3. Michael Biehn needs to be involved. He was the inspiration for the character’s original design

    Comment by Yes — August 30, 2012 @ 9:06 pm

  4. Hugh Jackman would be a complete SUCCESS as Solid Snake!! :D

    Comment by snaketigre — August 30, 2012 @ 9:32 pm

  5. There’s already an mgs movie. Its called metal gear solid philanthropy. Search it on youtube.

    Comment by sticko — August 30, 2012 @ 10:01 pm

  6. all i gotta say is they better get the liknesses right. if they pull a Kane and Lynch theres gonna be hell to pay. Hugh Jackman would be great…but someone younger would be better for the first game

    would be nice to get someone that looks like a younger Kurt Russel though. when i was younger i thought the Escape from LA movie and the Metal Gear games were related somehow. freaked out a little when i hear Snake use the name Plissken in the game lol

    Comment by Jon Hopkins — August 31, 2012 @ 8:20 am

  7. I really hate people saying Jackman should be Snake, he really shouldn’t in my personal opinion. Him and Bale would make a terrible Solid Snake, they would simply play the character how they felt he should be not how he really is. Though I am not here to argue this is my Solid Snake list

    Me XD jk

    Viggo Mortensen
    Kurt Russell (Sadly he has aged, but they can always make him look younger. Though he could be Big Boss)

    Big Boss= Sean Connery, I mean come on he looks just like him in the Original Metal Gear

    Comment by Solid Snake — August 31, 2012 @ 11:26 am

  8. Its fan made not a real movie

    Comment by Unknown — August 31, 2012 @ 7:58 pm

  9. Since Snake was based on Snake Plissken only Kurt Russell should play him.

    Comment by Laithie — September 1, 2012 @ 4:40 pm

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