Having brought the Eighth Wonder of the World into the MonsterVerse for Legendary Pictures with 2017’s Kong: Skull Island, it was announced earlier this year that director Jordan Vogt-Roberts would be reuniting with the studio to tackle its live-action adaptation of the iconic anime franchise Gundam. The project has been in the works since 2018, […]
Jordan Vogt-Roberts to direct Gundam movie for Netflix and Legendary Pictures
Kong: Skull Island director Jordan Vogt-Roberts is set to reunite with Legendary Pictures on its upcoming live-action feature film adaptation of the iconic anime franchise Gundam. The project, which has been picked up by Netflix, has been scripted by Brian K. Vaughan (Y: The Last Man, Saga), although specific plot details are being kept under wraps. […]
Earth’s Mightiest Heroes assemble in Marvel’s Avengers CG trailer
Earlier this week Square Enix unveiled the launch trailer for Crystal Dynamics’ Marvel’s Avengers, and now we have a new CG-animated trailer for the hotly-anticipated video game which is directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts (Kong: Skull Island) with audio and visuals from Skywalker Sound and Industrial Light & Magic respectively. Check out the spot here… Marvel’s […]
Jordan Vogt-Roberts shares new Metal Gear Solid movie concept art
Jordan Vogt-Roberts, the director of the planned Metal Gear Solid movie, has shared some new concept art. There have been plans in place for a Metal Gear Solid movie for years and in its current iteration, Jordan Vogt-Roberts is taking up directing duties. A script has apparently been written but apart from that, nothing has […]
A new draft of the Metal Gear Solid movie script is ready and is full of Kojima quirkiness
Jordan Vogt-Roberts, the director of the planned Metal Gear Solid movie, has finished the latest draft of the script and it’s apparently full of Kojima quirkiness. The Metal Gear Solid franchise is one of the biggest in video games and Jordan Vogt-Roberts is looking to capitalise on the game’s cinematic nature by turning it into […]
Kong: Skull Island director teaming with Michael B. Jordan for new monster movie
THR is reporting that Kong: Skull Island director Jordan Vogt-Roberts is teaming with Michael B. Jordan to develop an as-yet-untitled original monster movie for New Regency. Details on the project are being kept tightly under wraps, but the article does reveal that the film is based on an original idea by Vogt-Roberts and will take […]
Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and Jordan Vogt-Roberts team for Console Wars
If you cast your mind back to 2014, you may recall that Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg signed on to write a feature film adaptation of Blake J. Harris’ book Console Wars, which explores the battle for video game supremacy between Nintendo and Sega during the 1980s and 1990s. While the movie failed to materialise, […]
The Metal Gear Solid movie will embrace the game’s weirdness
The director of the Metal Gear Solid movie, Jordan Vogt-Roberts, has revealed that his film will embrace the weird and supernatural elements of the games. Video game to movie adaptations are always an intriguing subject, with films often finding it difficult to capture the essence of what made their source material so special. Director of […]
The Metal Gear Solid director has an interesting take on the quality of existing video game movies
Jordan Vogt-Roberts, who is working on a live action movie adaptation of Metal Gear Solid, believes that there are currently some excellent video game movies. The history of video game movies is pretty rough, there aren’t many good examples of great films being made with games as their source material, though that hasn’t stopped filmmakers […]
Kong: Skull Island director linked to Gambit movie
Despite passing through the hands of several directors and pushing back numerous production starts and planned release dates, 20th Century Fox still hasn’t given up on its ambitions of a Gambit solo movie featuring Channing Tatum as the fan favourite mutant Remy LeBeau. The latest reports claim that Fox is looking to get cameras rolling […]