Hideo Kojima Wants to 'Expand From Games to Fields Such as Film and Music' - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 13 November 2022 / 1,659 Views
Hideo Kojima, best known as a video game designer, director, and writer on series like Metal Gear Solid and Death Stranding, has shown interest in expanding outside video games in other entertainment fields like movies and music.
Kojima in an interview with Anan Awards in Japan and translated by VideoGamesChronicle stated, "all fields are connected in digital works, so I would like to expand from games to fields such as film and music."
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Kojima recently stated his next game is "almost like a new medium. If this succeeds, it will turn things around – not just in the game industry, but in the movie industry as well."
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He always came off as a frustrated wannabe filmmaker who thought video games were beneath him. However, he's also going to find that his bloated writing style isn't going to go over well with the movie industry. He's not the first game maker who thought he could make it in Hollywood (Jordan Mechner and Sakaguchi already went down that route).
if we go by his writing style, we're looking at LotR style 4 hr films, plus sequels, just to tell one single story, because he's been doing this with MGS and each iteration meant longer cutscenes.
Also in the film industry, you'll mostly want your audience to understand the film, yet there's such a smaller audience that actually get every tid bit Kojima throws into his games and the rest of the world is unlikely to grasp his sort of storytelling, if it isn't completely spoon-fed.
I don't think he's cut out for the film industry, I know Chris Roberts wasn't, and he came from the video games industry.
He has been wanting this for like years. I remember reading an article pretty much like this ages ago. Anyways dont think he will be able to make it as a movie director. Stick with the games.
Be you Kojima!
Do whatever that pleases u haha
Good for him. I'm not a fan of his work but I see scummy threads like the one calling him "overrated" and it just makes me want to see him succeed all the more.
When he enters Movie Business he'll have Guillermo Del Toro with him?
And Norman Reedus. And Geoff Keighley as a hanger-on.
You're right.
Certainly feels like he's been wanting to try his hand at this... Wish him the best.
Makes sense. His games always seemed like a mix between the two.
