Here's a hot take of mine: Hideo Kojima is directly responsible for causing the trend of "woke" cinematic third person movie games that Sony loves but a lot of gamers hate. Throughout his career he's made no effort to hide how much he's inspired by Hollywood movies, and these days he regularly posts about movies he's seen, is currently seeing, or wants to see. His latest game, Death Stranding, includes a bunch of his actor and director friends and includes the longest cutscene in video game history at 2 hours, roughly the length of a feature-length movie and twice as long as the previous longest cutscene he included in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. For years, fans have speculated when the man will give up the pretense of making games and just make an actual movie. Turns out it might be sooner than we think.
Kojima Productions is partnering with A24, the company behind hits like Everything Everywhere all at Once, The Witch and Hereditary to create a live-action adaptation of Death Stranding. Kojima himself said:
"A24 was born into this world about 10 years ago, their presence is singular within the industry, they are like no other. The films they are delivering to the world are high in quality and very innovative. I have been attracted to their creations and they have even inspired my own work. Their innovative approach to storytelling aligns with what Kojima Productions has been doing for the last 8 years. Now, we are making a Death Stranding movie together. There are a lot of “game adaptation films" out there but what we are creating is not just a direct translation of the game. The intention is that our audience will not only be fans of the games, but our film will be for anyone who loves cinema. We are creating a Death Stranding universe that has never been seen before, achievable only through the medium of film, it will be born.”
Although he said it won't be a direct adaptation of the games, it does raise questions about just how much of the game's dense lore they can condense into a single movie when it took an entire movie's worth of cutscene just for the ending. We also don't know anything about the cast, so we're not sure if we'll see Norman Reedus, Mads Mikkelsen, Guillermo del Toro or any of Kojima's Hollywood buddies again, but if the man himself is involved then we know it's likely to be a fucking trip either way.
Do you guys think Death Stranding will make for a good movie? Will it tie into Death Stranding 2? Leave your thoughts below!
