For years, gamers have known Hideo Kojima as the creative guiding force behind Konami. metal gear Games and recent content death stranding. He’s built up a lot of goodwill, his profile has grown, and now he seems ready to cash it all in so that Kojima Productions is free to do whatever it likes beyond games.
In a recent interview with Variety, Kojima talked about his future career plans and revealed some interesting details. What he wants to achieve is divided into three stages: the first stage is to establish death stranding As a large property, this does happen. The 2019 game was a critical and commercial success, and a sequel is currently expected to be produced in 2025. Movies and other media. we already know death stranding A24 is working on a movie, he said, but that’s not its only project: “several” adaptations of games are in the works. The film only now comes into focus because he has a different story in mind that he was originally mysterious about.
What island did reveal about death stranding The best part about the movie is that he won’t be directing it, nor will Jordan Peele, his collaborator on the star-studded mystery project for Xbox. of. Peele is currently busy doing his own thing, but Kojima noted that he has several other Hollywood friends who might be up to the task: Guillermo del Toro, Nicolas Winding Refn and George Miller was forgotten, telling Variety that they “always talked about doing something together.” (De Toro and Refn appeared in the first game, while Miller’s likeness was used in the second characters in both games) Death Stranding 2: On the Beach.)
What about the third stage? Kojima hopes to collaborate with “talented people from around the world” to create something new and digitally focused. “It could be a movie, a game, or something else entirely,” he told Variety. he thinks die movies and his upcoming spy game Fresint Serves as a gateway to the third part of his master plan. He’s already stated that he’s reaching out to the film and non-game industries to make this a reality, which could also involve another film adaptation. Regardless, he says the assets for this work will be digital and can theoretically be used on any track he chooses.
Frankly, the only thing stopping him is time. Between three games, death stranding Films and other projects, the 61-year-old designer said he just wants to “be able to do everything I want to do for the rest of my life and not waste my time.” Beyond that, he feels that in some way he should be grateful Those who contact him tell him that his work resonates with them. These moments “make me want to spend the rest of my life doing things for people like this,” he said. “I’m not a politician or anyone with the power to make a change, but I want to support people through my work. Anything I can do for these people, I’m willing to do.
You can read Variety’s full interview with Hideo Kojima here.
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