Hideo Kojima Will Finally Make Films

[CyberpunkCentral]

After years of dabbling with movie-length trailers, cutscenes, and so on, Hideo Kojima appears to finally be ready to take on films. According to a brief line during an interview in a recent BBC Newsbeat documentary, Kojima's studio, Kojima Productions, will officially start making films in the future. What, exactly, that means is unclear. But! He did say it.

"In the future Kojima Productions will start making films," Kojima says late in the documentary. "If you can do one thing well, then you can do everything well."

"I think within the next few years, gaming will move on to streaming," he adds. "Movies, dramas and games will all be streamed, and you'll enjoy them on your iPad or iPhone or a screen anytime, anywhere. When that happens, games, films and dramas will have to compete in the same space. I'm very interested in the new format of game that will appear on there, and that's what I want to take on."

What do you think of the short documentary? Would you watch movies made by Kojima and his studio? Let us know in the comments, or hit me up directly on Twitter at @rollinbishop to talk all things gaming!

Here's how PlayStation's official product page for Death Stranding, the first video game from Kojima Productions, describes it:

"In the near future, mysterious explosions have rocked the planet, setting off a series of supernatural events known as the Death Stranding. With spectral creatures plaguing the landscape, and the planet on the verge of a mass extinction, it’s up to Sam Bridges to journey across the ravaged wasteland and save mankind from impending annihilation."

Death Stranding is scheduled to release on November 8th for PlayStation 4, and it was recently revealed that the game would also be coming to PC in 2020. It's unclear when, or even if, Kojima Productions will make its first film. You can check out all of our previous coverage of the upcoming video game title right here.

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[Bn43]

Haven't liked any of his stories much since Metal Gear Solid 3 (which would translate terribly to film). I think the fame went to his head, made him a more pretentious storyteller. I still don't get what Death Stranding is about, and I don't want to know. The stories in the first three Metal Gear Solid games were also improved by having Tomokazu Fukushima co-write. I don't know what happened to him after MGS3.

[drush9999]

I can only imagine the mind**** of a movie he would make. I'm in

[MattJ1991]

Originally Posted by drush9999

I can only imagine the mind**** of a movie he would make. I'm in

Agreed. I welcome his bizarre movies with open arms.

[Scottie]

Count me in

[Poya]

He doesn’t have good taste in films. He liked Joker, folks.

[AFFanAttic]

Originally Posted by Poya

He doesn’t have good taste in films. He liked Joker, folks.

He likes such a wide variety of films, and mostly his recommendations, in-game references, and Twitter-shout-outs seem to be good or great or interesting. I do personally think that Joker is multiple layers of an idiotic (but sometimes pretty-looking) garbage pile, but it's not enough for me to lose respect for someone if I've thus-far appreciated their opinions and - more importantly - their creative output.

I like Kojima's creative sensibilities enough to be really interested in what he could bring to a film. I'd really like to see it happen some day, but it would be kind of surprising if it ends up being a traditional passive-viewing narrative without him putting his own spin (called for or not) on the medium. Some form of melding of games and movies that he's seemed to have going on his mind for a very long time. To me, it feels like that's more what his quote in that documentary was hinting at.

[drush9999]

Originally Posted by AFFanAttic

I like Kojima's creative sensibilities enough to be really interested in what he could bring to a film. I'd really like to see it happen some day, but it would be kind of surprising if it ends up being a traditional passive-viewing narrative without him putting his own spin (called for or not) on the medium. Some form of melding of games and movies that he's seemed to have going on his mind for a very long time. To me, it feels like that's more what his quote in that documentary was hinting at.

There's bound to be a Psycho Mantis-esque breaking the 4th (5th?) wall thing going on.

[TheSpruceMoose]

I'll welcome his films, so long as they have dense plots involving the founding fathers and mobile, warhead equipped battle robots.

[Alan Clarke]

He has already been making films for over 20 years now, but they just have interactive elements to them. The last game he made is supposed to feature lengthy, uninterrupted 2 hour cut scene towards the end.

[ps3bd_owner]

Originally Posted by Poya

He doesn’t have good taste in films. He liked Joker, folks.

He did? That's awesome!

[Mikezilla3k]

Originally Posted by Poya

He doesn’t have good taste in films. He liked Joker, folks.

.....So, he does have good taste in films?