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Upcoming action-adventure stealth video game from Kojima Productions “Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain”
Christian Post Report – Gamers who have enjoyed playing the action-adventure stealth video game “Metal Gear Solid” are in for a treat. Sony Pictures is finally gearing up to push through with the live action adaptation of the video game into a feature film.
Deadline reported that Sony Pictures has hired Jay Basu to pen the script for the film. Basu is also currently involved with Universal Pictures to “relaunch its library of classic monster movies.”
The film has long been in what the industry calls “development hell,” with talks of an adaptation going as far back as 2006, when the game’s director Hideo Kojima said that a movie was in the works and will be possibly shot in Alaska.
This new announcement however assures fans that the movie is indeed moving forward. Aside from Basu, “The Kings of Summer” director Jordan Vogt-Roberts is already on board to direct the film, while Avi and Ari Arad are producing with Sony Pictures Michael De Luca.
Released in 1998, the game is about Solid Snake, a soldier whose mission is to enter a nuclear weapons facility being controlled by a renegade special forces unit and neutralize the threat, while saving the two hostages. The game was developed by Konami Computer Entertainment for PlayStation consoles. Several sequels of the game were developed afterwards, not just for the PlayStation but also for other consoles.
In the original game, Solid Snake was voiced by David Hayter, who was also a screenwriter. Hayter was rumored to have been interested in the adaptation project but it did not go beyond initial pitches. Another rumor about a possible actor who can play Solid Snake is that of Christian Bale, who had earlier revealed that he was a fan of the video game, as reported in Cinema Blend. Given this new development, there will soon be an impressive list of Hollywood actors who will indicate their interest.
It is not known whether the film will be shot in Alaska, as earlier declared by Kojima. No other details about the film have been released so far.
Source : Christian Post