Metal Gear Solid movie confirmed.
 

I'll await further confirmation and more information before I express any glee. (Although the very mention that Uwe Boll isn't involved is comforting.)

I hope they don't go about re-re-re-remaking the first Metal Gear Solid story into another media format.

I'm betting Hideo Kojima himself will direct it.

Hmm.

Well, if it's based off of MGS, they'll have to change a few things in order to make the story understandable to the general public.

A lot of the plot and characters tie back to Metal Gear 1 & 2. The U.S. movie-going public isn't going to accept:

"oh, they're clones of some guy (with a stupid name like 'BIG BOSS') and what, there's a robot ninja? And it's his old buddy that he killed? What? THIS IS STUPID I DON'T GET IT"

NOOOOOOoooooo!!1!

Damn it! They'll just end up ruining MGS for everyone. Seriously, unless HK directs (which I doubt he will, he's too busy with MGS4 and has never directed a movie before), there's a 99% chance it will suck. Just because Silent Hill has sort of broken the videogame movie curse doesn't mean videogame movies can't suck anymore. And they'll never ever be able to cast a satisfactory Snake.


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I've always envisionned the movie to start just before a Dog-Sled competition, during a little snow storm in Alaska. Snake would sit on a rock, thinking about the past when the sound of choppers would be heard. Then a chase sequence in the woods of Snake and the soldiers, sent by Colonel Campbell, to retrieve him.

That's how I'd do it.

But they need to keep the integrality of the 'Interrogation Tapes' from the first game to get the back story. That's how everyone who didn't know squat about the first two games were put back into the whole storyline.

I played MGS without having played MG1 or 2 before, and even though all the references to the past games went right over my head, I got the storyline just fine. I'm sure I'm not the only one whose first Metal Gear was Solid.

In any case. This movie will suck unless Kojima or his buddy director... direct it. I had hopes for SH, but eh. Now I'm convinced that every video game movie ever will suck in the end. Sometimes they'll just suck less (Silent Hill).

You see, that's why it's going to suck. The opening from the original game was perfect as it was, changing it would change the mood entirely. All MGS games open with an action-packed infiltration in which Snake's mission objectives are given to him, none of that prologue crap. And another thing is, most of the player's understanding of the underlying events came from the codec conversations which were long, actionless, and mostly optional. Codec will not translate well into a movie. Niether will simply sneaking around and taking out gaurds because no story happens durring those parts, yet sneaking makes up alot of the game.

As the Existence disc of Subsistence Limited Edition proved, you can't just take all the story cutscenes from the game and mash them together and add a bit of sneaking in between. It just doesn't work. And to make matters worse, that was edited by Kojima himself, I shudder to think what others interpereting his work would do to it!

Whoever directs, I think that Hugh Jackman should play Snake. Other than David Hayter, he'll make a fine Snake.

I mean, I played MGS first (I haven't even scratched the surface of MG1 & 2), but I had to read those long reports in the MGS main menu dealing with the story of the first 2 games in order to know who these characters were.

I remember one time I had started to write a script and I made it take place of the take over of the research facilty on Shadow Moses. I'd be happy to upload it so people can see and tell me how much it sucked. :P

MGS1 was my first Metal Gear game as well, but the references were not over my head at all. If you listen to the Codec conversations Snake's history with Grey Fox is explained as well as his relation to Big Boss (Call the Colonel in the jail cell). They could easily explain Grey Fox and Big Boss in the movie, or they could just do a quick flashback to the events of the first Metal Gear games. Or they don't have to explain it at all, the story was just as good without really knowing any of the history of Snake and Big Boss. Alot of movies work like MGS in which the hero has prior history with characters, but that history never really gets explained (Escape from New York for example), and it still turns out good. My point is that the references to past events isn't the real problem with a movie adaptation.

No. Hayer looks nothing like Snake and Jackman isn't satisfactory either. Even if they somehow manage to cast someone that looks alot like Snake, the voice will never be right. They'd have to dub the whole movie with the original voice actors from the game, and that would probably be really hokey. Also keep in mind that whoever plays Solid Snake should also play Liquid (Some would cast another actor entirely as Liquid), so he'd have to nail Solid's voice as well as Liquid's. MGS's voice acting is top notch, so not getting the voices perfect would ruin the movie for every fan.

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Though it would be cool to see the takeover of Shadow Moses, as I stated before changing the original opening (which btw is what drew many players into MGS initially in the first place (demo)) would take away from the mood. It also seems like there wouldn't be enough time to get to everything in the game (the cutscenes alone are WAY longer than a movie, let alone all the Codec stuff and the sneaking), thus adding even more stuff that wasn't shown in the game isn't such a good idea.

I want the movie to based on MG 1 and MG2SS at least to make more understandable. I pretty much can see Karl Urban as Snake and Liquid at the same time or unknown for that at least.

I would be far less opposed to a movie adaption of the original MSX Metal Gear games than I am to MGS. The games predate voice acting and the graphics make for a wider array of actors that could play a younger Snake (in other words, we won't be able to go "That's not what young Snake looked like!!1!" when we see some actor playing him).

Yeah. Or if they must do anything after MGS, perhaps it'd be best if the movie isn't live-action.

it's not the best written piece of work I've done, plus it's old and I didn't (and still don't to an extent) know the proper script format to use. So I don't need assholes telling me it's formatted wrong.

May be plot holes and/or inconsistanties in there, but like I said it's about 3-4 years old and I was always changing it.

So yeah...


hey, someone add .rtf to the file upload acceptance thingie. thanks :tpg:

Michael T. Weiss could pull off Snake. You know, dude from The Pretender?

http://www.michaeltweissthegreatpret...com/mtwpg1.jpg

Give him some stubble, gruff up his voice, and he'd be a good fit. BUT. Even if they cast it right, this movie will fail horribly. Any of the Metal Gear stories are way too convoluted and absurd to be translated to film. Any film conversion is going to need a major overhaul to keep it from being laughable.

Don't get your hopes up on that one. When's the last time the maker of a Video Game series actually directed a movie about it? It hardly ever works that way. (Has it ever even happened?)

Maybe Hideo can work closely with the director to create a new story together that is both fitting within the MetalGear universe and be sane enough for the average movie goer.

What, Runningman and the Escape movies weren't absurd (Metal Gear draws inspiration from both of them)? Metal Gear's "absurdity" is one of its trademarks considering that it was mostly inspired by those absurd 80's action movies. That is another reason the movie can't work, those kinds of movies are definitely not in style these days. And to go back and change it so that it's not absurd would be the completely wrong thing to do. What are they going to do, get rid of Metal Gear, Ninja, Ocelot's awesome skillz, Psycho Mantis' powers, Vulcan Ravens'...ravens? No. If they do get rid of that stuff, it won't even be Metal Gear anymore.

I didn't suggest for them to completely undo everything that makes Metal Gear...Metal Gear. Just, tone it down a bit. Then again, that would probebly upset many gamers (including me). Perhaps they can go for that "so ridiculous and kooky that it's funny and awsome" vibe. Y'know like the double-double crosses in MGS2, Snake flicking a cig all in slo-mo at the beginning of Snake Eater, etc.

It's definately gonna be interesting to see how they're gonna adapt this into a movie.

That's my whole point man. The elements of the game are acceptable because of the format it comes in. And if you set out to cut out the essence of it to get it into a different format, that sort of defeats the purpose.

Oh man, this is looking more and more dismal the more I think about it. I would say that hopefully we might be able to judge what the MG movie will be like from the Splinter Cell movie (which should hit before the MG movie), but SC and MGS are so different that there really is no comparison except to say that there will be some stealthy action in both of them.

The latest Kojima Productions Report says that there will be a BIG E3 announcement not trailer or game related. I'm thinking they'll either formally announce the movie, or they'll announce MGS is going to the Wii (yeah right! Solid Snake Wii. LOL, innuendo!).

I think MGS on Wii would be pretty damn awsome.

Anyway, I really think that they'll be able to get away with a lot more MGS insanity if the movie's animated.

After Silent Hill, I lack all faith in video game movies for the rest of my life.

But honestly, any given MGS game is too long to adapt into a even a long movie. That shit's going to be so heavily abbreviated it's going to suck ass.

They should turn video games into season-long live action series or something.

Agreed.

I just found a TRAILER FOR THE MOVIE

LOL, but seriously, MGS3 would translate a little better into a movie than MGS1 just because the plot isn't as convoluted.

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Also agreed. You know what would make a good movie? Twisted Metal or some shit. A game with little-to-no plot is much easier (and safer as far as fan approval is concerned) to stretch into a two hour movie than to condense something large into only two hours.

I think Ryuhei Kitamura would be able to pull of a respectable MGS movie. He's also friends with Kojima... the possibilities!

The silenced weapon is fired. The guard's cigarette is shot from his mouth.

Guard: The hell? That was my last cigarette.


:confused:

Did you plan it to be a comedy or what?

Well, let me tell you that the source of this information is wrong. I listen to Hideo's Podcast regulary and he has made no such confirmation concerning a Metal Gear Solid movie.

The rumour started when the English translation for Hidechan Radio (the Kojima Productions Blog by Ryan Payton) mentioned that Kojima Productions was founded to allow the developers to make use of all of Konami's resources, allowing them to even make a movie if they wished to. However, no such plans have been announced.

This rumour needs to stop here and now. A decent Metal Gear Solid movie that would please fans just wouldn't work and we all know it.

There's already been a MGS film, it's called 'Escape from New York'.

Why would that be comedy?

The part that I quoted seems like something straight out of Kung Fu Hustle.

"Whose footprints are these?"

God, if they made a big red ! when someone discovers Snake, I don't think they can ruin the movie!

Seriously though, I wouldn't have anything against a twisted plot, as long as they tell it in a natural way, and doesn't skip anything because of time pressure. Perhaps my dream of seeing Sean Connery as Big Boss will finally happen?

God almighty. If only Clint Eastwood were 20-30 years younger, we'd have our Snake ;__;

I don't like how this looks. But it'll be under Kojima's control entirely I'm sure. Even if he isn't directing, he'll oversee it.

Clive Owens needs to be Snake. Period.

Speaking of the Kojima Productions podcast, didn't Ryan debunk the movie rumor on the first or second one?

Yeah but that was because of Uwe Boll who was on some SpikeTV videogame show saying he'd been approached to make a Metal Gear Solid movie and had received the script from Konami. Kojima himself said that Boll was pretty much talking bollocks and if anyone were going to direct a MGS flick it certainly wouldn't be Boll.

Oh, I know. I got who Grey Fox was, Big Boss and all that. What I meant with the references was that I had no idea all of this happened in previous games. The game did a good enough job explaining everything in the cutscenes and mandatory codecs. There was no need to read recaps of the other games or anything.

Back on track: Sean Connery MUST be in it as Big Boss. MUST.

Ewwww! That idiot nearly ruined Twin Snakes. No wonder, as Versus was a terrible movie. I have no idea why Kojima and/or Silicon Knights hired this hack for Twin Snakes...

Clive Owens is too busy working with Ted Hayash on the casting for the DBZ live action film, scheduled for a summer release in 2007.

Probably because it's already been confirmed that Ryuhei Kitamura is working on the Metal Gear Solid movie. Get your sources straight before jumping to conclusions.

Fears dispelled!

Uh oh. Bay is already busy making the 2007 Transformers movie, how is he gonna shoot Metal Gear by Fall? Methinks that be false information. IGN isn't nearly as credible as it seems. You know they have an article up about "Batman vs. Chuck Norris"? Um, WTF?

Silent Hill was ok. If you really want to bash live action vg movies then use titles such as: House of the Dead, Mario Brothers, Street Fighter, etc.

I don't think it would be a good idea to make a MGS movie, there's already 24 which is like MGS but a different Snake and Otacon...

For an MGS movie to actually be any good, they'd basically have to drop a good chunk of the mythology and overly pretentious bullshit that plagues the games. In short, an MGS movie would be MGS in name only.

I'm not bashing anything. I'm saying I was hyped about a movie that I thought could only turn out to be awesome and was disappointed by a film that can best be described as "okay". I pretty much feel that if Silent Hill couldn't be a awesome game to movie adaptation then no other film will be, at least for a long time.

How soon again do you think it'll be that someone like Roger Avary will be writing and someone like Christopher Gans directing a video game movie? Most likely whoever makes this Metal Gear Solid film will be far less skillful. That said, the film will likely turn out worse than even Silent Hill, aka mediocre at best.

Yeah. They'd have to create an original story with a two hour time limit in mind instead of 20 hours. They would have to cut down the number of supporting characters. We couldn't expect to have screen time for everybody in a FoxHound-style group. Important plot points' revelations would have to be moved from codec to the immediate surroundings. But I think they could pull it off, and make it very much a Metal Gear property.

"Metal Gear" property.

What embodies Metal Gear besides strange bosses and quirky AI (ie cardboard box disguise being effective)? Oh right, and a giant mech (as if that's specific to Metal Gear in any way).

You strip away the intricate plot, impossibly deep villains, and philosophy and you really don't have anything but a 2-hour long generic sneaking mission.

I basically feel that it's impossible for this movie to be good in the eyes of fans random audience members or critics.

Unless it tries to be a semi-parody of itself perhaps?

Uh... Did you even read what I said, or are you just retarded?

My guess is that this is what it'll end up as, but probably unintentionally.

Currently wondering if there will be any scenes involving a visible ! above Snake's head.

From the english magazine PSW:

Hideo Kojima : 'It's going to be a Hollywood film. It won't be that German director [Uwe Boll]. Viggo Mortensen would make a perfect Snake, but maybe he's a little too old. Metal Gear Solid, which was set in Alaska, would make a perfect setting for the movie.'

http://www.meristation.com/EPORTAL_I...19/metal37.jpg
http://www.fonditos.com/wallpapers/h..._Mortensen.jpg

I don't know. It depends on what Metal Gear we are talking about. Snake looks very different in each game....

I wonder if Snake's voice is going to be dubbed...

Haha, he could never pull off Snake's constipated grunts. He'd make a fine Liquid though, methinks.

I always thought Christian Bale might possibly make a good Snake. Batman proved that he could get super buff if needed. He's very good at voice impersonations, so he might be able to mimick Snake's voice decent enough, and he's already British, so playing Liquid wouldn't be all that hard for him. I'm surprised to find that Kojima suggested Vigo. The thought never crossed my mind. I wouldn't be too opposed to it. I still think the movie should be CGI.

Well Hollywood has this magic called make up. They make a person look virtually like anyone. Plus computers help out as well. What matters is the attitude is there.

I'm not opposed to the idea of Viggo, or Christian Bale...still...Hugh Jackman.


I don't think it should be animated either, it should be a special effects laden action movie.

Kurt Russell.


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Too old.

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Steven Seagal.

edit for typo

You mean Steven Seagal? Get out. NOW.

Viggo Mortensen? Well, I'm happy about a fellow Dane (or part-Dane, in any rate) being successful. However, I really don't share Kojima's opinion about him. If I was making this movie (and Heavens forbid I'd ever get to make a movie) I'd probably pick Jackman, or perhaps Bale...

Yes, but I typo'd :(

Sean Connary *is* Big Boss
http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/1...connery5da.jpg


LOL, someone thinks Tom Cruise should be Snake:
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/3...idsnake0ij.jpghttp://img357.imageshack.us/img357/5...idsnake3ls.jpg
http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/1...dsnake23fo.jpghttp://img393.imageshack.us/img393/8...ussnake9ic.jpg


My vote goes to Bale:
http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/8...assnake3dg.jpghttp://img394.imageshack.us/img394/1...10904212gj.jpg

Wow the resemblance between Sean Connary and Big Boss is freaking uncanny. Tom Cruise however, needs to stay as far the fuck away from this project as possible. In fact, it'd be pretty great if he never made another heavily advertised film ever again.

Why not David Hayter, he already has the voice.
http://www.mitglied.lycos.de/yourdea...e,%20Snake.jpg

Wtf? That's Tom Cruise ain't it?

lol, yes, my bad, I'm not a very big Tom Cruise fan, I just googled David Hayter and that came up, I didn't check the actual page.

Here is Mr. Hayter
http://www.actuabd.com/IMG/jpg/Hayter-David.jpg

I say Kate Beckinsale for the role of Meryl.
Have Clint Eastwood grow some hair (and if he can't, there's always make up) and we have an Ocelot.

Back then while playing the 1st MGS I considered Nicholas Cage a good choice for the twins, as he had roughly the face, stature and did something similar in Face Off before. But he's far too old by now.

Saying that Cage has 'roughly' the face of Snake is like saying that I live roughly in the Northern Hemisphere.

Yeah, that is the only problem.
Might as well cast Sigourney Weaver as Snake, Lindsay Lohan as Meryl, and Clay Aiken as Otacon. They're roughly similar.

I was just thinking, even though Hideo said alaska would be a great setting. What if an entirely new story is written by Hideo and his co-thingy?
I think that would be a better idea then just adapt a game.

Yeah it would be cool if the movie was something that explained some of the other games, like inbetween MGS1 and 2 or MG1 and 2 or whatever. Or maybe adapt the NES games since they haven't gotten much love in awhile.


And fuck Tom Cruise! He's too short. And his nose sucks.

http://groups.msn.com/MetalGearSolidnet/mgmovie.msnw

remember that? :P

http://www.rusperevod.com/article/mgsmovie.html site link incase all the pictures don't work.

Although when it's being cast. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE for the love of GOD give Vulcan Raven to Micahel Clark Duncan. Dude is just built for the part. Of course I could see where The Rock would probably get cast. (LOL Rock as Solid Snake)

I mean, who the hell wouldn't want Marilyn Manson as Psycho Mantis.

Urgh, Rock, no. That's as bad as Tom Cruise. :(

Except The Rock can act and isn't a brainwashed fruitcake. :P

What about Karl Urban as Snake? I think he looks the part, and as far as I can tell, he can act.

Yeah he's not apeshit crazy I'll give him that. However, sorry but I can't take a film seriously if he's in it. It'd just come across as a pointless, action movie with a few cheap thrills. Then again, it's not like this project isn't in danger of becoming just that...

Except if Karl Urban is cast in another videogame movie it will be Federally mandated that the Rock is in it and that it sucks. That's just how Hollywood works. Please, MGS does not = Doom.


I think Powers Boothe might make a good Ocelot. His role in Sin City (Senator Rourke) reminded me of Ocelot.

If they ever make an MGS3 movie, I think the guy who plays Sark in Alias would be a good young Ocelot:

http://todo-alias.iespana.es/seccion...ges/sark01.jpg

That guy looks too paranoid to be young Ocelot. Plus whoever is cast as young Ocelot would have to look like whoever is cast as the Boss.

Ha! Now that would be acceptable. There would be no chance of ruining it that way! Yes, this has my vote. The movie should be a film adaption of Snake's Revenge.


Also, Michael Shanks as Otacon.



Edit: Oh hell, they should just make the movie a comedy based on "The Last Days of Foxhound" comic at Gigaville.com. Nobody in the world would understand it except me.

For instance, in this scene Psycho Mantis takes the Foxhound unit on a mind dive into Ocelot who is in a coma. The ghost of Big Boss is there too to fill in Ocelot's missing memories. They come across Ocelot's memories of the events of MGS3:
http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/8...ound2907ov.png

Did you get it? No? Good. Keep it that way.

http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/2...ycoffee3og.jpg

I wouldn't put too much into this...It could end up never going through...

A while back they were in production for Deus Ex: The Movie, and they had Willem Dafoe to play Bob Page and everything, then production was cancelled.

I don't think production would be cancelled for a Metal Gear movie. Studios have been waiting years to get their gready hands on Metal Gear and Kojima has prevented it all this time. Why he would sell the rights now instead of way back when I have no idea. The point is that if Kojima is endorsing it, it's more likely than not that it's going to happen. Since KP is announcing "something BIG at E3 not game or trailer related", we should wait to see if the movie get announced at E3 before seriously continuing this discussion.

Perfect for the role of Otacon. However, he's gonna end up as another Jeff Goldblum IMO. Damn good actor but destined to play the scientist.

Just like Kiefer Sutherland is destined to play the badass government agent.

unless they do it all CGI ala final fantasy advent children. ;-)

Oh and I think Jean Claud Van Damme looks like snake. He can definitely move like him too, although not so sure about the voice. ;-)

http://www.tex-server.org/work/text/...mme%204%20.jpg

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Oh and this guy would make the best ocelot, great actor too. he's the guy from silence of the lambs (ted levine)

http://www.wchstv.com/abc/wonderland/tedlevine.jpg

NO.

I don't really think I can see him as Revolver, actually. :\

Makes me wonder when they'll release an MGS anime.

For the love of dear god. I mean, how could Hideo sell out that badly? A movied based on the wouldn't work because like JAzz said, you would have to cover Metal Gear 1 and 2.. Outheaven.. Big Bosses Betrayal... Gray Fox's past... It would have to be like over 2 hours unless they want to be stupid and do one of those prologue*sp* explaining everything in a quick worded summary

Aaaahahahahahahaha. :tpg: I'm sorry but, NO. I thought the movie would have been beyond ridiculous with Tom Cruise or The Rock as it is, but that bundle of talent right there? Oh man it'd be an oscar contender. :edgartpg: Might as well consider Arnold for the role or something...

I had to scroll up just to see who had posted that. Cereally, what the hell are you thinking. Keanu Reeves was made for the role of Solid Snake, not Jean Claud Van Damme.

Val Kilmar was Liquid would actually fit... he looks the part and he can act like a complete duche.

Van Damme can't act for shit and he doesn't know anything about being a real man.

ARNOLD AS RAVEN!!

"Metal gear."

LOL, more like "Woah".



What about this guy, Josh Holloway?

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/964...asawyer1mq.jpg

He looks the part, he's certainly got that Snake vibe going. I don't know if he'd be able to do the voice though.

I was trying to convey the flat delivery, but oh well.

In that pic, he does look like a good Snake. And everyone knows that if they can't do the voice, David Hayter will just dub it.

What would be wrong with using the Wolverine guy? I have not seen his movies actually, so maybe he just sucks, but I thought he did look the part well.

Tha's not a big idea... Give the guy a mullet and he might just fit the profile of Snake.

I just started thinking.. something new right? What if Hideo does a complete brand new story, sort of how they fucked up on Silent Hill and on Resident Evil?

Same idea, way different story.

I'd go with Karl Urban or Bale!!!

Well then lets all get Locke (Terry O'Quinn) as the Colonel!
How about Meryl and Sniper Wolf, people?

Oh and Andy Serkis (Gollum from Lord of the Rings and King Kong) as Psycho Mantis. Please.

What makes you think he can pull it off ? Take Guile(SF) for example. lol
Besides.. We wouldn't want Snake to pull off a Spinning Kick like in all of Van Dame movies >=]


If only Kurt Russell was in his prime...

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/7...pliskin5pm.jpg

I can see Cliff Robertson as Colonel Campbell lol.. He and Russel were both in Escape from LA

After the MGS4 trailer, is the movie really necessary? Probably not, but I'd still like to see it, especially if Kojima approves it himself.

The 3 min MGS4 trailer alone is better than any movie I've seen in a great while. By the time PS4 rolls around movies will be outdated and archaic.

"Man, what is this life? The graphics are so last-gen."

Just incase anyone was expressing doubts about the movie project but Kojima confirmed that the movie is happening via a late breaking news announcement contained within the E3 pamphlets handed out at the Konami Conference yesterday.

Christian Bale would be okay for the younger Snake in MGS1. He might actually be able to do the voice too. His "WHERE ARE THE DRUUUUGGGSS?!" line in Batman Begins sounded a little like it. And Stargate guy as Otacon ftw.

In all seriousness though, I vote the guy in Furby's sig to be Snake. He's already rocking the mullet, motherfucker's prepared.

I knew KP would announce the movie at E3. I think the hugeness of this news has been overshadowed by E3 and all the next gen goodness, which is why the major gaming news sites have yet to put it on the main page. Once all this E3 stuff cools down we can expect weekly pointless "Who should play Snake?" articles on IGN.