Death Stranding film announced, and it's "not just a direct translation"
radiotimes.comAnnounced almost a year ago to the day, the Death Stranding film has been humming along in the background with it now being revealed that developers Kojima Productions and independent entertainment company A24 are collaborating on the movie based on Hideo Kojima’s game.
Hideo Kojima (Metal Gear Solid) has long had ambitions to break out onto the big screen which is inherently obvious to those who have played any of his games – all of which are imbued with a cinematic flair that was and still is groundbreaking in the medium and earned him the BAFTA Fellowship in 2020.
The Death Stranding game starring Norman Reedus (The Walking Dead) as Sam Porter Bridges – a courier delivering supplies to colonies across post-apocalyptic America after the event known as “Death Stranding” which “blurred the lines between life and death, and brought forth nightmarish creatures into a world on the brink of collapse.”
The Death Stranding movie won’t simply be retelling the game’s story like HBO’s The Last of Us did with the original source material. “There are a lot of ‘game adaptation films’ out there, but what we are creating is not just a direct translation of the game.”
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Speaking on A24, Kojima said, “The films they are delivering to the world are high in quality and very innovative.” Relating to his own experiences with them, Kojima went on to say “I have been attracted to their creations and they have even inspired my own work. Their innovative approach to storytelling aligns with what Kojima Productions has been
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