Norman Reedus claims Death Stranding 2 is in early development
Actor Norman Reedus has seemingly confirmed that Death Stranding 2 is in development.
While the sequel has yet to be officially announced, Reedus told digital publication Leo Edit that work has just kicked off on a follow-up to Kojima Productions‘ PlayStation and PC game.
“We just started the second one,” said Reedus, who played protagonist Sam Porter Bridges in the original.
Asked how he got involved with the franchise, Reedus responded: “Guillermo Del Toro, who gave me my first movie, called me up and said, ‘Hey, there’s a guy named Hideo Kojima, he’s gonna call you, just say yes.’ And I go, ‘What do you mean just say yes?’ He goes, ‘Stop being an asshole, just say yes.’
“Then I was in San Diego and Hideo came with a big group of people, he’s from Tokyo, and he showed me what he was working on a game called Silent Hill. I was blown away by what he was showing me, and I was like, ‘Yes, let’s do this.’ It’s not Ms. Pacman; it’s so realistic, it’s so futuristic, it’s so complicated and beautiful, and I was completely blown away.
“It took me maybe two or three years to finish all the mocap sessions and everything,” Reedus continued. “It takes a lot of work. And then the game came out, and it just won all these awards, and it was a huge thing, so we just started part two of that.”
In March 2020, Reedus revealed he was “in talks” to work on another project with Kojima, and last August he said he believed Death Stranding 2 was going to happen as discussions had begun about a sequel.
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