Hideo Kojima's love of film is legendary, and the lengthy cutscenes in his games have led us all to wonder when - not if - he's going to make the jump to Hollywood. But it seems that shift isn't quite so inevitable in Kojima's own mind. Not only is he not directing the Death Stranding movie, he's so wrapped up in game production that he doesn't even have time to pursue his own original movie concept.
"I have only ever thought of Death Stranding as a game," Kojima tells Variety in a new interview. "People tell me it feels like a movie, but I made it as a game – the direction, the settings, the story. So, I don’t intend to look back at it and try to see it from a movie perspective. Those works are my babies, and I love movies, so I want it to be something that movie fans will really enjoy! I’ll supervise the plot and help them make it, but I won’t direct it. I can’t right now with three on-going projects!"
