According to Deadline Oscar Issac will play Solid Snake in the Metal Gear Solid film. Getting the film made has been, a slow process to ay the least. Kong: Skull Island director Jordan Vogt-Roberts is attached to helm the film with Derek Connolly, who helped Colin Trevorrow write his never-to-be-used Star Wars: Duel of the Fates script, will pen the Metal Gear screenplay.
Isaac expressed interest in the role while speaking with IGN in March of last year, and it appears as if he got his wish.
“Metal Gear Solid, that’s the one I’m – yeah. I’m throwing my hat in for that one.”
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Here’s what Vogt-Roberts had to say about the film bak in 2018 during an interview with Collider:
“The thing about Metal Gear is it’s intentionally sprawling and it’s intentionally dense. It’d be super easy to do one sliver of it or do too much at once. And we’ve spent the last little bit really trying to figure out, to me, the most Kojima-san inspired way to tackle as much of that story through a device that I think allows you to tap in…how to put this without spoiling it?…regardless, we have a device that I think allows us to respect the breadth of the franchise, respect the sprawling nature of the franchise, respect the somewhat convoluted nature of the franchise at times.
Vogt-Roberts continued:
But to still show you the mirrors. What I mean by that is all those timelines fundamentally exist because they show the repetition of war throughout time. They show the repetition and the cycle of pain throughout time. So it’s almost impossible to tell just one story now. You need the full throughline of what this game is about.”
I wouldn’t say I’m a huge fan of the franchise, but I had friends who were. So I have logged quite a few hours inboth gameplay and observing. I always enjoyed the concept of the game, but it was one of those I had to be in a cerain mindset to play. Even those who didn’t play the game much, but are knowledgeable of pop-culture know of Solid Snake is. From everything I remember, Oscar Isaac should be stellar in bringing the charater to life.
The film will be based on the popular Metal Gear video game series from Konami that was created by Hideo Kojima. It is credited with pioneering the stealth aspect in video games as well as bringing in a cinematic feel with elaboraete cut scenes. The franchise actually began in 1987, but didn’t get it’s 3D makeover until it hit Playstation in 1998. The game is well-known for it’s bizarre storylines. The backstory of the Solid Snake is something
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