Hideo Kojima shelved a superhero project starring Mads Mikkelsen because it was too similar to The Boys

pcinvasion.com:

Hideo Kojima has been more open about his video game ideas in recent years, and the latest one is a doozy. Kojima took to Twitter over the weekend and shared that he had canned a game project he was considering because its premise was too similar to the Amazon TV series, The Boys.

Kojima explained the what happened on his official Twitter account. He wrote that he “quit after 3 episodes of season 1.” It doesn’t sound like he stopped because he wasn’t enjoying it, though.

“I thought I’d watch the rest of the show. Actually, I watched a few episodes that were delivered at the time when I was about to start a project that I had been warming up for a long time and put it on hold because the concept was similar (different settings and tricks),” he wrote. “A buddy (male/female) thing with a special detective squad facing off against legendary heroes behind the scenes. I was thinking of Mads as the lead.”

Kojima is referring to actor and Death Stranding cast member, Mads Mikkelsen. This seems perfectly on-brand with how he enjoys hiring Hollywood talent to star in his projects. The Boys is a dark superhero story about vigilantes taking on corrupt heroes. It’s based on comics written by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson.

1/2"THE BOYS," which I quit after 3 episodes of season 1. I thought I'd watch the rest of the show. Actually, I watched a few episodes that were delivered at the time when I was about to start a project that I had been warming up for a long time, pic.twitter.com/UpI00pUIHQ

— HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN) June 26, 2022

Kojima followed up on this bombshell by watching more episodes of the TV series and concluding that his canned game idea was not as similar to the show as he initially thought.

“I watched the