A while back talk of a Metal Gear Solid movie was rampant across the internet. After the release of Metal Gear Solid 4 it seemed that it was only a matter of time before we got to see Solid Snake on the silver screen but then producer Mike De Luca put the rumours to rest by announcing that development on the movie adaptation at been put on hold.

Well, if you’re reading this post because you think that production on a Metal Gear Solid movie has ramped up again you’re going to be disappointed.

But!

David Hayter, who provided the voice for Solid Snake has been speaking to MTV Movies Blog about what an eventual movie adaptation of the Metal Gear Solid video game could look like…

“A couple of years ago, a producer friend of mine asked me if I would be interested in doing the adaptation. And I said ‘Of course. I know it pretty well.’ I think I can say without contradiction that I know it better than any screenwriter on the planet. I’ve said every word that Snake has said. So I felt well-qualified.”

Hayter then went on to work on, and subsequently hand in; a first draft of the movie script which is when the movement on the project began to slow down. Since then…

“They’ve been trying to work out a deal between [creator Hideo Kojima] and [Sony],”

So, what does his script look like?

“I really want to spring some things on people. Having been intimately involved with Metal Gear, I would like to give people a story that will grab the fans. The fans will know the context that we’re talking about once they see the trailers. They’ll say, ‘Oh my god, they’re going there. But they won’t quite know how the story is going to unfold or what some of the big surprises are going to be. And that’s really the only way to keep a movie [adaptation] interesting.”

What’s your take on a Metal Gear Solid movie, do you think we need one?

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