It’s been nearly a year since we last heard anything about the big screen adaptation of popular video game franchise Metal Gear Solid when it was reported that Jordan Vogt-Roberts (The Kings of Summer) had been attached to the project. Well, now we have some more news.
According to Deadline, in-demand British writer Jay Basu (Monsters: Dark Continent) has penned a deal with Sony Pictures to write a feature adaptation of Metal Gear Solid, which is set to be produced by Avi Arad (The Amazing Spider-Man). Basu has also been attached to Universal to work on their expanded monsters universe with classic characters such as Dracula, The Wolf Man and Frankenstein.
Metal Gear Solid started out life on the MSX2 and Nintendo Famicon in 1987, titled simply Metal Gear. The game was ported for a non-Japanese audience on the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1988 and it spawned an official sequel in Japan, Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, and an unofficial NES sequel titled Snake’s Revenge. However, the game would reach its height of popularity when it was released on the Sony PlayStation now titled Metal Gear Solid. It spawned several sequels over the years including Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater on Playstation 2 and Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of Patriots on PlayStation 3. The first part of Metal Gear Solid V was released in March and the second part, The Phantom Plan, will be released in September.
Originally published March 31, 2015. Updated April 13, 2018.
