Posted Feb 08, 2007 at 04:11PM by Ian C. Listed in: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, News Tags: Konami, Peter Jackson, Hollywood, Sony Pictures, Yair Landau
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At last year's E3, Konami revealed that work on a live-action movie based on Metal Gear Solid is now underway. We all found out about this via a pamphlet for Studio Kojima, the development house headed by Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima.

Since then we haven't gotten much details about the project, much less any word on who will be will be working on the movie. This has changed recently as Sony Pictures Entertainment vice chairman Yair Landau revealed that his studio is developing the project. After Landau delivered a keynote address in Las Vegas, Landau told this to GameSpot:

We're working with the Metal Gear guys.... It's a very cinematic game, it really lends itself to movie telling. But the question is, How do you translate Snake's experience into a full arc that conforms to what audiences expect on the large screen?


Landau also hinted that the "Metal Gear Solid" movie may just be the beginning. Landau hints that they're working on ideas for a possible EverQuest movie.

The "Metal Gear Solid" movie is currently the highest-profile game-film project in Hollywood. Top spot used to be held by the Peter Jackson-produced Halo adaptation, which is now unfortunately in development limbo.


Given how much we've been burned before by Uwe Boll (we're not saying he sucks, that's a matter of opinion, we believe it's safe to say though, that we all expected a lot more from his films), we urge caution. Let's see...what else has Sony Pictures Entertainment done before? As a distributor, they've had their hands in the Spider-Man franchise. What else? Oh, and as a production company they've done what? Hmn...oh yeah, "Spider-Man 2".

We're now asking you folks: Should we all be hopeful? Should we expect something that is miles away from the fan-made film we embedded above?


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   by barf (Unregistered) - 2007-02-09
 » WTF

whats this cosplay bullcrap, thanks for ruining mgs, and why is the cast asian... i'm asian but man this looks retarded, they better cast it well if they're really doing a movie

   by JaxXx (Unregistered) - 2007-02-09
 » I really can't believe half you guys didn't read...

...the description!

It says right underneath the embedded clip:

"We're now asking you folks: Should we all be hopeful? Should we expect something that is miles away from the fan-made film we embedded above?"

QJ write the stuff for you to read, not for you to ignore and claim 'ZOMG, This looks *****, what have they done to MGS!?!'. And, for a fan-made film, it isn't actually that bad (and yeah, the girl playing Meryl looks a lot like Tifa...lucky Snake :-p).

Let's just hope the ACTUAL film will do Kojima-san and his team proud and respect the MGS franchise.

   by Hurter (Unregistered) - 2007-02-09
 » Metal Gear : Outer Heaven is BEST

This suck. Metal gear : Outer heaven is BEST METAL GEAR MOVIE EVER !!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV5YoMlDZ8g

   by 333 (Unregistered) - 2007-02-09
 » 333

man if this movie is made my people, it will take long and have to get alot of ideas to copy the game and it may sucks after release

If they use 3D movie, it will be easy to make the movie the same as the game (voice, faces etc)


   by w (Unregistered) - 2007-02-09
 » GREAT

THAT WAS *****ING AWESOME. but up to i bet you that sony will screw it all up and it will turn up to be like street fighter 2 the movie

   by xploren (Unregistered) - 2007-02-09
 » In my opinion.....

I think the movie should start with MGS3. We can then, without confusion, follow the story up to MGS4. I doubt that Sony will make the films all the way up to MGS4, but still, they should start with MGS3. And in the end of the fan-made film, it says "Cold War Beginning" under the date. That might be a hint.

   by vinetonee (Unregistered) - 2007-02-09
 » Its real

Looks like a scene from the actual game to me.

   by datNizzle (Unregistered) - 2007-02-09
 » I Hope....

They make this movie in JApan and then give us a subtitleed version. American action movies have been mostly trash for the last 15 years. the Japanese make much better action movies. Maybe they make everyone in the game the nationality they are in the game (doubt it), and shot it with a japanese director, and crew.
I can tell you right now, if this movie dosen't at least have a japenese director, it will suck, period.

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   by X (Unregistered) - 2007-02-09
 » this is crap

OH MAN! This movie looks like its going to suck more ::insert describe word:: then a hungry crack whore on speed.

another shame for video games turned movies.

id rather play that interactive graphic novel thing sony put out for MGS then watch this crap.

   by hopeless (Unregistered) - 2007-02-09
 » hopeless in QJ.net forums

MAN THAT JUST LOOKS LIKE A BUNCH OF *****S IN COSPLAY, but the meryl girls hot

   by jah (Unregistered) - 2007-02-09
 » ...

Its a school. Wow how about a actual terrorist base?

   by Snake (Unregistered) - 2007-02-09
 » F.a.g.s

Wow there are a lot of *****s. I know why too. They are just a bunch of "HALO" p.u.s.s.i.e.s that are whining because "HALO" is now probably never gonna be produced as a movie. "HALO" is so g.a.y. I love bashing on "HALO". You know why? "HALO" fans always have a g.a.y a.s.s comeback. I mean c'mon a person who needs a weapon. Master Chief, "I need a weapon." is pretty retarded.

   by omg (Unregistered) - 2007-02-10
 » lol

ahhahahahahhahahaha wow looks like a lame movie.. i mean the setting looks like lame

   by Teddyslayer (Unregistered) - 2007-02-10
 » Seen this on u tube already

i think this is made by a MGS fan from Taiwan as a school project. Its actually pretty old. I saw this on you tube a year or so ago



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