Metal Gear Sneaking into Movies?

By Geoff Duncan February 9, 2007

Metal Gear Sneaking into Movies?

Showbiz trade magazine Variety is reporting that Sony Pictures and game maker Konami are getting ready to make a theatrical movie based on the Metal Gear video game franchise. The Metal Gear and Metal Gear Solid video games are stealth action titles in which players guide a covert operative through a maze of guards, traps, secret bases, and hidden lairs, while taking on bosses, engaging in a few fights here and there, and eventually accomplishing the game’s mission.

Since its introduction for the PlayStation in 1998, Metal Gear Solid has sold more than 20 million copies of various franchise titles on several game platforms; the original Metal Gear game debuted way back in 1987.

According to Variety, the movie will be produced by Michael De Luca (whose credits include executive producer roles in Blade movies, Boogie Nights,Pleasantville,Wag the Dog, and Ghost Rider), while Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima will be on bard as an executive producer.

Rumors of a Metal Gear movie have been circulating for almost a year, but Sony’s Yair Landau confirmed the studio was working to make it happen at the DICE video game conference in Las Vegas.

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