METAL GEAR SOLID Movie Director Talks Cyborg Ninja, Sniper Wolf, and Breaking the Fourth Wall
With director Jordan Vogt-Roberts making the press rounds for his new film Kong: Skull Island, he's being asked a lot about his feature film adaptation of Metal Gear Solid. He's already given a couple interviews that have given me hope that he's the right director for the job and that he's going to give fans of the game a kickass movie.
In an interview with IGN, he talks more about the film and says that "there's no world" in which he directs a Metal Gear Solid movie that doesn't include Gray Fox, a.k.a. Cyborg Ninja. He explains:
"When we were sitting down to think about the script at a certain point it was like, 'Is Cyborg Ninja in this movie or not?' And the part of me that was a little kid was like, 'There's no world in which I'm ever going to make a Metal Gear movie that Cyborg Ninja is not going to be in.' It's really easy to be like, 'It's a good character to save for the second one,' but no, no, no."
He also reveals that he's a big fan of the beautiful and deadly Sniper Wolf and there's a good chance that she could be included in the movie as well. These are two great characters, and it will be cool to see them brought to life. I wonder if he has anyone in mind to play any of these characters in the film.
There's also a chance that the film will break the fourth wall. Anyone who has played the game, knows that Psycho Mantis breaks the fourth wall in the game. The director is definitely considering that for the movie and says:
"I actually do think that considering breaking the fourth wall is an important part of potentially what that movie would be. Finding a way to do that in an interesting way. I think things like Deadpool have actually shown that you can play with that conceit these days.
"To me, the fourth wall breaking is a little less important than the walking philosophies and ideologies those characters represent, and getting that right and the tone right and things like that. If breaking the fourth wall makes sense, I'm all for it, [but] I'm more interested in the 'Kojima conversations' about whatever song came out then or whatever - it's that stuff that it just absolutely needs."
When previously talking about his goal for Metal Gear Solid, Vogt-Roberts explained:
"To me Metal Gear Solid is not just a great video game. Like I said I think it’s a great story. I think it’s a great story and a work of art. And a great like singular voice on this planet in terms of media. So my goal right now is to sort of work and make sure that we’re having the best version of that. So that fans and everyone can sort of experience the brilliance of [Metal Gear creator Hideo] Kojima’s work."
I really hope he can actually pull this movie off! As for what Hideo Kojima thinks of Vogt-Roberts as a director, he saw Kong: Skull Island, and this was his reaction on Twitter:
I knew @VogtRoberts was a genius in his indies days but ppl will see it in @kongskullisland. Enjoy Kaiju film of Kong's island,not as reboot pic.twitter.com/H1iRfRPFP3
— HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN) March 6, 2017