He may have fallen foul of the Star Wars: Episode IX shake-up, jettisoned in an escape pod alongside his Safety Not Guaranteed collaborator Colin Trevorrow, but according to Variety, Derek Connolly has landed another potential blockbuster franchise in the form of Metal Gear Solid. Having already written Jurassic World and Kong: Skull Island, Sony have […]
Metal Gear Solid Movie: Eight Actors Who Could Play Solid Snake
Liam Hoofe takes a look at potential actors for the highly anticipated Metal Gear Solid movie… Jordan Vogt-Roberts, director of Kong: Skull Island, confirmed this month that he is committed to making the “truest, most balls to the wall, Metal Gear version” of Metal Gear Solid, the popular game franchise which looks finally set to […]
Jordan Vogt-Roberts on making “the truest, most balls-to-the-wall, Kojima version” of Metal Gear Solid
Jordan Vogt-Roberts has been attached to direct a feature adaptation of the critically acclaimed video series Metal Gear Solid since 2014, and given the success of his last movie Kong: Skull Island, it seems we may be edging ever closer to seeing Solid Snake on the big screen. During an interview with Gamespot, Vogt-Roberts has […]
Jordan Vogt-Roberts still keen on directing a Superman: Red Son movie
Back in June comic book writer Mark Millar claimed on social media that he’d heard whispers that Warner Bros. was inviting pitches for a Superman: Red Son adaptation, with Kong: Skull Island director Jordan Vogt-Roberts subsequently revealing that he’d spoken to the studio about that very possibility. At the time, the idea of an adaptation […]
Godzilla vs. Kong’s tone will be similar to Kong: Skull Island, according to Jordan Vogt-Roberts
This is either going to be the best, or worst news you hear all day depending on where you stand with Kong: Skull Island. There seems to be two trains of thought here: 1) Kong: Skull Island is a refreshing change of course from the darker Godzilla reboot, or 2) the latest Kong sacrificed the […]
Jordan Vogt-Roberts hijacks the Kong: Skull Island Honest Trailer to deliver his own critique
After getting his beard in a twist over Cinema Sins’ Everything Wrong With Kong: Skull Island video, director Jordan Vogt-Roberts has hijacked Screen Junkies’ Honest Trailer to provide his own rather scathing critique of the MonsterVerse blockbuster; check it out here… When a scientific expedition to an uncharted island awakens titanic forces of nature, a […]
Jordan Vogt-Roberts discusses his Metal Gear Solid movie plans
Fresh from the success of Kong: Skull Island, director Jordan Vogt-Roberts is now turning his attention to his next projects, including an adaptation of the acclaimed video game franchise Metal Gear Solid. Vogt-Roberts has been attached to the project for several years now as he attempts to perfect the script with screenwriter Jay Basu (Monsters: […]
Critical Thinking: Jordan Vogt-Roberts & The Value of Cinema Sins
Anghus Houvouras on Jordan Vogt-Roberts and the value of Cinema Sins… Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts delivered one of the most satisfying blockbusters of 2017 with Kong: Skull Island. Given the film’s popularity, it was only a matter of time before it wound up going through the gauntlet of YouTube channels that dissect pop culture like an […]
The 5 DC Comics Storylines That Deserve Standalone Movies
Ben Robins on the 5 DC Comics storylines that deserve standalone movies… With reports spreading across the DC/Warner Bros. fence this week that we might well be looking at a number of stand-alone movies from the DC Comics world, talk of possible adaptations has been rife once again. Ironically, stepping back momentarily from the DCEU […]
Movie Review – Kong: Skull Island (2017)
Kong: Skull Island, 2017 Directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts Starring Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman, John C. Reilly, Corey Hawkins, John Ortiz, Tian Jing, Toby Kebbell, Jason Mitchell, and Will Brittain. SYNOPSIS: A team of explorers and soldiers travel to an uncharted island in the Pacific, unaware that they are crossing into the […]
