'Metal Gear Solid' Movie Set From 'Final Destination' Directors
Variety • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Sony Pictures is developing a tentpole film adaptation of the nearly 40-year-old video game franchise "Metal Gear Solid," with directors Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein attached to the project under Columbia Pictures.
- Lipovsky and Stein, known for directing the successful "Final Destination: Bloodlines," recently signed a first-look production deal with Sony, allowing them to develop multiple projects across the studio's film labels.
- The "Metal Gear Solid" film will be produced by Avi Arad and Ari Arad and is based on the game's special-ops storyline involving a mission to destroy a nuclear-capable weaponized robot.
- Lipovsky and Stein's company Wonderlab aims to create commercial, character-driven, and genre-bending films, and they are also working on other Sony projects, including an animated "Venom" movie and the sci-fi concept "The Earthling."
- The directors expressed enthusiasm about bringing Hideo Kojima’s iconic game characters to the big screen and praised Sony’s creative and passionate executive team for their collaborative vision.
