Final Destination: Bloodlines directors Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein have signed a first-look deal with Sony Pictures, and it's looking like their first order of business will be to breathe some life into the studio's long gestating Metal Gear Solid movie.
The announcement (via THR) indicates that the Metal Gear Solid film is finally making solid progress 12 years after the movie was announced back in 2014. The last major update on the film came in 2024 when producer Avi Arad, one of the original creators behind Marvel Studios and the MCU said a script was currently in progress.
"We are honored to be partnering with the incredible executive team at Sony," said Lipovsky and Stein in a statement. "Metal Gear Solid was nothing short of a groundbreaking cinematic masterpiece that forever revolutionized video games. We are thrilled and honored to bring Hideo Kojima's iconic characters and unforgettable world to life."
"Zach and Adam are thrilling storytellers, masters of visuals and suspense, and two of the most impressive director/producers working today," adds Sony Pictures' Motion Picture Group president Sanford Panitch in a statement. "With projects across all the company's film labels, we are so happy to create a home for them, and proud to have them as part of the Sony family."
Metal Gear was initially created all the way back in 1987 by legendary video game mastermind Hideo Kojima, who expanded the eccentric espionage franchise into a series of progressively intricate and complex games in which players take on the role of super-soldier Solid Snake and a variety of other over-the-top spies.
No projected release date or any other details about the Metal Gear Solid movie have been announced. While we wait to learn more, stay on top of all the upcoming video game movies that are in the works.
