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Paul Thomas Anderson NOT Directing

Metal Gear Solid — Mon, 19 May 2008 19:39:53 +0000

Seems like the internet is once again up to mischief, this time it revolves around “There will be blood” director, Paul Thomas Anderson.

Kotaku recently spoke with Aki Saito — the fellow handling movie negotiations. When quizzed about Kojima’s involvement with the movie, he responded:

Hollywood has great respect for Mr. Kojima. They want to meet with him. Kojima will be acting as a producer, but we don’t know how involved he’ll be as a producer. Often Hollywood adaptations have the original game creator involved at the beginning, but somewhere along the line they fall out of view. This is why it’s very important for us to carefully pick the studio for this project.

Before adding that Paul Thomas Anderson was an interested director. This circulated the world wide web like some electronically fuelled wildfire. There was some speculation that the much less auspicious Paul W.S. Anderson (Alien Vs. Predator) had been mistaken for someone with talent. Luckily Collider stepped in to clarify:

I’ve emailed [movie] producer Mike De Luca and he said the rumor about Paul Thomas Anderson is “completely false and ridiculous.”

So that’s that.

Development underway, Kurt Wimmer a possible director

Metal Gear Solid — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:34:33 +0000

At the Planet Hollywood Casino in Las Vegas, as part of the promotion for Sony’s “21”, Coming Soon caught up with Michael De Luca (writer of Judge Dredd, producer on Blade II, Zathura, Ghost Rider). In speaking with him, he revealed that now the writer’s strikes have ended, the development of the Metal Gear Solid movie has swung back into action.

De Luca also mentioned an upcoming meeting with Kurt Wimmer, director and writer of Equilibrium. A number of fans have previously expressed a desire to involve him in the game to movie adaptation — they may yet get their wish. His involvement isn’t yet confirmed and we can only speculate as to his potential role.

Christian Bale as Snake?

Metal Gear Solid — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:55:02 +0000

The UK publication “Nuts” (NSFW) predominantly for males, has reportedly been talking with Christian Bale, so our reader Pablo tells us,

In the latest edition of Nuts magazine ( UK ) there is an interview with Christian Bale, in which he states he‘s in the running to play Solid Snake in the 2009 movie Metal Gear Solid.

This is nothing more than a rumor at the moment, and Nuts isn’t well known for its newsworthiness. Let’s see how this one evolves.