Bad news for the legion of Metal Gear Solid fans comes from GeekTyrant today. The Metal Gear Solid live-action film is dead.
Producer Mike De Luca said the live-action was unlikely to progress;
“I don’t think it’s going to move forward because I got the sense that there may not be enough of a coordinated will at this point on the side of certain parties to see a movie get made”
The trouble seems to be conflict between Sony Pictures and Konami. De Luca pretty much confirmed as much by telling GeekTyrant
“The video game companies are very protective of their property and there are certain things a studio requires freedom-wise to market and distribute a movie effectively in a global marketplace and sometimes getting those two things to match up is really hard. And in the case of Metal Gear Solid, the agendas just….not because the parties weren’t amicable, it was just kind of impossible to get the agendas to match up.”
