Metal Gear Solid movie confirmed.

Originally Posted by Matt

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.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

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.

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When excited attendees left yesterday's Konami press conference, they were handed a catalog for Studio Kojima's forthcoming slate of games. However, many didn't know it, since the brochure was a clever imitation of the newsletter handed out each day at of E3.

On the front of the Kojima catalog was a "breaking news" box, which bore the headline "Solid Snake...On the silver screen?" The blurb below it read, "In a late-breaking surprise announcement, director Hideo Kojima revealed that his most famous creation--Metal Gear Solid--is getting the live-action treatment."

Given the semi-comic nature of the fake E3 newsletter/Kojima Productions catalog, many thought the story was a joke. However, on the last page of the pamphlet was a page-long article on the project which showed that Kojima was dead serious when he made the announcement.

After assuring readers at length that German director Uwe Boll will not have anything to do with the project, as rumored, Kojima talked about the film. "I have received many offers to adapt Metal Gear Solid, It has taken a long time, but we have finally settled on an arrangement," said the revered designer. "False facts aside, a movie project is underway. I have finalized a Class-A contract with a party in Hollywood."



Close-up of movie announcement blurb.Kojima did not mention the name of the party, a release date, or any potential directors or stars. Hoever, ever since the original PlayStation Metal Gear Soild, the English-language dialogue of game hero Solid Snake has been voiced by Hollywood figure David Hayter. Though a prolific voice actor, Hayter has enjoyed greater success as a screenwriter, with credits for X-Men, X2, and the forthcoming Watchmen under his belt.

There's nowhere I can't reach.