Metal Gear Solid movie in the Works From ‘Final Destination’ Duo

[NateDog]

Metal Gear Solid Movie in the Works

Lipovsky and Stein’s newly-launched company, Wonderlab, will develop films for the duo to direct and original projects that they will produce for other directors. The focus is creating wildly fun, commercial, character-driven, genre-bending films. They are currently meeting potential executives to help lead the company.

And as part of the deal, the duo will direct Sony’s Columbia Pictures adaptation of Metal Gear Solid, the pioneering video game created by Hideo Kojima. It would mark the first time the blockbuster title, a stealth combat game with sci-fi and spy features, would be brought to the screen. Father-and-son team Avi Arad and Ari Arad are producing the feature.

“Zach and Adam are thrilling storytellers, masters of visuals and suspense, and two of the most impressive director/producers working today,” said Sony Pictures’ Motion Picture Group President Sanford Panitch in a statement. “With projects across all the company’s film labels, we are so happy to create a home for them, and proud to have them as part of the Sony family.”

The deal deepens Lipovsky and Stein’s relationship with the studio, where they are already developing multiple projects, including an animated Venom movie for Sony Pictures Animation, which they are directing. They are also developing the original sci-fi epic The Earthling for Columbia Pictures, which they are attached to direct and will produce alongside Eric Heisserer and Scott Glassgold.

“We are honored to be partnering with the incredible executive team at Sony,” said Lipovsky and Stein in a statement. “While working with several Sony teams in the last year, we’ve been blown away by the level of creativity, thoughtfulness, and passion we felt in every conversation. We share the vision that Tom, Sanford, Peter, Louie, Kristine and Damien, Ashley and the whole Sony team have for creating theatrical event films that entertain the world.”

Regarding Metal Gear Solid, the duo stated, “Metal Gear Solid was nothing short of a groundbreaking cinematic masterpiece that forever revolutionized video games. We are thrilled and honored to bring Hideo Kojima’s iconic characters and unforgettable world to life.”

This sounds kind of terrible and I assume that, like every other attempt, this will go nowhere.

[Jassassino]

Personally thought Jordan Vogt-Roberts and Oscar Isaac's upcoming MGS movie looked and sounded tonally good from discussion and concept art. Shame we won't see that, hope this is decent.

[Null]

lol i mean wtf

The only time I got remotely excited about this movie is when Oscar Issac was attached

Every other version I've heard being tabled has sounded horrendous

[NateDog]

lol i mean wtf

The only time I got remotely excited about this movie is when Oscar Issac was attached

Every other version I've heard being tabled has sounded horrendous

Unfortunately the appetite for video-game movie/TV adaptations is at an all-time high right now which means we'll probably get loads of extra shite ones.

[DANMATUS]

Not buying this until we got an actual trailer.

[Dirty Duck]

I was never especially wedded to Oscar Isaac as Snake I won't lie.

I do find how these kinds of projects work kind of strange. What about Kong: Skull Island made Vogt-Roberts seem like the guy to do an MGS film? There's no director who's done a film with a similar vibe to MGS they could find?