Around a year ago, we learned the acclaimed movie studio A24 had joined Death Stranding's film project. At the time, I remember thinking A24 may be one of the only studios out there that could keep up with Hideo Kojima's wild visions, and it seems like I was right because Kojima doesn't want this movie to be your run-of-the-mill videogame adaptation.
"I aim to present a new dimension of cinematic adaptation that goes beyond merely turning a game into a live-action w69 slot movie," Kojima says in an interview with Variety. I honestly have no idea how Kojima plans to go about this and what going beyond a videogame adaptation means.
Although creating a live-action Death Stranding may not be too hard, as Kojima also admits he has a pretty solid foundation for making games with hours of cutscenes "My work is often regarded as being similar to a movie, but at the core, games are what I create." While the idea he just makes movies is a little harsh—Death Stranding is absolutely a videogame you can sit down and play—it's not entirely unfair, especially considering just how many Hollywood celebrities turn up in it with their own digitised faces.