Despite Radio Silence, Metal Gear Solid Movie Still In The Works, Apparently

It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything about the Metal Gear Solid movie, but the film’s producer has assured everyone that it’s still on the way.

A Metal Gear Solid movie has always seemed inevitable, with creator Hideo Kojima being a movie buff. An adaptation has been in the works for over a decade now, in various capacities, but since around 2014, Kong: Skull Island director Jordan Vogt-Roberts has been tapped to direct, while Star Wars, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, and Moon Knight actor Oscar Isaac will play Solid Snake himself. There has been no word on the film in nearly two years, with the last comment coming from Isaac, where he noted at the time that the team wanted it to happen, but asked questions like, “What’s the script? What’s the story? What’s the acting?”

As it turns out, according to producer Avi Arad, those questions still stand. In a recent interview with Brian Crecente via his Game newsletter, Arad gave a small update, saying, “We’re still working on the script, but I can’t talk about it yet. I think everyone’s going to be really excited and surprised.”

When asked if he thought Metal Gear Solid was the pinnacle of his video game adaptations (he also produced the Uncharted movie and is producing the upcoming Borderlands and Legend of Zelda movies), Arad said, “I never thought about it like that. These are just movies that I want to make as good as possible, you know? I think pulling off Metal Gear will obviously be amazing because I think it’s a lot more meditative than some of the other adaptations. Personally, I want it to be great.”

There have been rumors that Isaac has left the Metal Gear Solid movie, but no official word on that has been given yet. We’ll just have to wait and see if the game will be released before Kojima’s new spy action game, Physint.