Hideo Kojima vil ikke instruere Death Stranding-filmen selv

Som du måske kan huske, så afslørede Hideo Kojima for noget tid siden at han havde indgået i et samarbejde med selveste A24 om en filmatisering af Death Stranding, og allerede dengang lod det til at være det perfekte samarbejde.

Men indtil videre lader det ikke til at projektet er rykket så meget fremad, og der er endnu ikke tilknyttet en instruktør. Dog kan Kojima nu bekræfte i et interview med Variety at han ikke selv kommer til at være instruktør:

I have only ever thought of 'Death Stranding' as a game. People tell me it feels like a movie, but I made it as a game - the direction, the settings, the story. So, I don't intend to look back at it and try to see it from a movie perspective. Those works are my babies, and I love movies, so I want it to be something that movie fans will really enjoy. I'll supervise the plot and help them make it, but I won't direct it. I can't right now with three on-going projects! I'll help by communicating with a director I really trust.

Endnu bedre er det at få en bekræftelse af at manuskriptet stort set er færdigt:

Several Death Stranding adaptation projects currently underway, but there is a different story I've written that's intended for a movie. But I don't have the time to direct it, so I won't.