projects, a Metal Gear Solid movie has
been officially announced. Columbia
Pictures has taken on the hit video game
series, with Avi Arad set to produce.
The Metal Gear games have long been
acclaimed for their cinematic qualities,
and series creator Hideo Kojima is a
self-confessed movie geek. However,
attempts to bring the futuristic stealth
adventure to the big screen have so far
failed.
Boogie Nights and Moneyball producer
Mike De Luca was working on an
adaptation back in 2008 , but that fell
through two years later.
The latest attempt was announced at a
celebration of the series' 25th
anniversary in Tokyo on Wednesday.
According to US game site, Kotaku,
Arad, who founded Marvel Studios and
produced the hugely successful Iron
Man and Amazing Spider-Man movies,
took to the stage during the event to
announce the project.
He told audiences that he saw video
games as the comics of today, and that
Columbia would take its time to ensure
its movie captured the nuances of the
Metal Gear universe.
Game adaptations do not have an
illustrious history – to put it politely.
From the risible Super Mario Bros and
Street Fighter tie-ins of the early
nineties to the excruciating straight-to-
DVD travesties of German director/
producer Uwe Boll, video game licenses
have often been seen as a quick and
easy way to make cash.
However, Hollywood has made many
many millions over the past five years
by taking comic books seriously – and
now that it is running out of major
superhero characters to bring to screen,
it may well turn its gaze to video game
brands.
Arad already has two other big game
adaptations on his books: the action
adventure Uncharted and the sci-fi
shooter inFamous.
The Metal Gear series, which started out
on the cult MSX computer in 1987, but
became world famous when it hit
PlayStation in 1998, would seem to be
highly suitable for movie adaptation.
The games are known for their long
cinematic story sequences and film
references. Plus, the convoluted plot,
which involves espionage agent Solid
Snake battling terrorist groups and
rogue government agencies, is ripe for a
long-running movie franchise.
Currently, the Metal project has no
director and no actors attached,
although Kojima expressed his
admiration for Christopher Nolan. That
may well be wishful thinking.
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