Remember when old videogames took an eternity to load? Well, the long-gestating Metal Gear Solid movie appears to be the pre-production equivalent of a Commodore 64 loading screen (one for the kids there), and despite the exciting news that the franchise had found its Solid Snake in Oscar Isaac, he has recently revealed the film […]
Oscar Isaac cast as Solid Snake in Sony’s Metal Gear Solid movie
The long-awaited Metal Gear Solid movie has finally found its Solid Snake. Deadline reports that Oscar Isaac of Ex Machina and the latest Star Wars trilogy fame will tackle the iconic video game soldier. The film adaptation of this iconic, long-running video game series has been in development at Sony Pictures for quite some time, […]
Jordan Vogt-Roberts shares new Metal Gear Solid movie concept art
Jordan Vogt-Roberts, the director of the planned Metal Gear Solid movie, has shared some new concept art. There have been plans in place for a Metal Gear Solid movie for years and in its current iteration, Jordan Vogt-Roberts is taking up directing duties. A script has apparently been written but apart from that, nothing has […]
A new draft of the Metal Gear Solid movie script is ready and is full of Kojima quirkiness
Jordan Vogt-Roberts, the director of the planned Metal Gear Solid movie, has finished the latest draft of the script and it’s apparently full of Kojima quirkiness. The Metal Gear Solid franchise is one of the biggest in video games and Jordan Vogt-Roberts is looking to capitalise on the game’s cinematic nature by turning it into […]
Metal Gear Solid to sneak onto the tabletop in 2019
IDW Games and Konami Digital Entertainment have announced that they are teaming up to bring the classic video game series Metal Gear Solid to the tabletop with Metal Gear Solid: The Board Game. Designed by Emerson Matsuuchi (designer of the Century game series, Reef, and Specter Ops) Metal Gear Solid: The Board Game is a […]
Ranking the Metal Gear Solid games from worst to best
Chris Cooper ranks the Metal Gear Solid series… A series of games that consistently pushed the limits of what a game could be, with complicated themes and interesting characters. They also make great use of cardboard boxes. What’s not to like about Metal Gear Solid? Well….the series has always been a game/film hybrid and that cinematic quality […]
The Metal Gear Solid movie will embrace the game’s weirdness
The director of the Metal Gear Solid movie, Jordan Vogt-Roberts, has revealed that his film will embrace the weird and supernatural elements of the games. Video game to movie adaptations are always an intriguing subject, with films often finding it difficult to capture the essence of what made their source material so special. Director of […]
The Metal Gear Solid director has an interesting take on the quality of existing video game movies
Jordan Vogt-Roberts, who is working on a live action movie adaptation of Metal Gear Solid, believes that there are currently some excellent video game movies. The history of video game movies is pretty rough, there aren’t many good examples of great films being made with games as their source material, though that hasn’t stopped filmmakers […]
Metal Gear Solid movie to be written by Jurassic World scribe
He may have fallen foul of the Star Wars: Episode IX shake-up, jettisoned in an escape pod alongside his Safety Not Guaranteed collaborator Colin Trevorrow, but according to Variety, Derek Connolly has landed another potential blockbuster franchise in the form of Metal Gear Solid. Having already written Jurassic World and Kong: Skull Island, Sony have […]
First 4 Figures’ Solid Snake Metal Gear Solid collectible available to pre-order
Sideshow has revealed First 4 Figures’ Solid Snake statue, the first collectible in the Metal Gear Solid statue line. Standing at around 17 inches tall, it comes with an alternate head sculpt and is available to pre-order now, priced at $575; take a look here… SEE ALSO: Pre-order via Sideshow Collectibles With the real name of […]
