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Christian Bale to play Snake in upcoming Metal Gear Solid movie?

Although few things are official regarding the Metal Gear Solid movie, it appears Christian Bale may play Solid Snake in the upcoming big screen adaptation of the game.

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Montrealien5805d ago

I guess I'm a little slow, just realized a MGS movie was being made...

wow

Anyways, Bale would be a great choice, although I must say William Hurt made me think Old Solid snake was the general in The incredible Hulk, lol

morganfell5805d ago (Edited 5805d ago )

I call bullshit on this rumor. First he is set to star in two terminator movies. He is signed for at least one more Batman film and it looks like he may be Robin Hood.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/...

Also as he finishes the first Terminator film he is already signed, not rumored, but sighed for Public Enemies and Killing Pablo.

If you start to add up the time needed for highly technical films like these it isn't going to fit into a schedule for the next 3 years.

Besides, we already know who should be Solid Snake:

http://expertscorner.lussor...

http://www.slashfilm.com/wp...

http://i36.photobucket.com/...

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rucky5805d ago

Excellent choice. I know some people wanted to see Hugh Jackman land the role co'z of the voice and somewhat the looks but I think Bale has that relaxed yet still a badass type of aura around him.

Equilibrium was awesome too by the way!

C_SoL5805d ago

why do u have those photos? I'll stop there.....i'm just playin....

Domenikos5805d ago

I prefer Adam Zandler or Eddie Murphy anyday...

/lol

killax35635805d ago

I agree, good choice.

BTW, I think Christian Bale is a much better actor than Hugh Jackman. I though Hugh Jackman was terrible as wolverine. In contrast, Christian Bale is/was awesome as Batman.

morganfell5805d ago (Edited 5805d ago )

@ C Sol - Hate to disappoint you ha ha :) as I know how you had your hopes up for me but nothing light in the feet here at all. Just Google Images:

http://images.google.com/im...

Timesplitter145804d ago

Bale looks too soft for Snake, but I'm really not an actor expert so nevermind my opinion

ThanatosDMC5804d ago

But it annoys me that it always looks like someone donkey punched his jaw and he never got it fixed!

Kami5804d ago

oh you got that right. the guy that playd wolverine(i forgot his name) id the perfect snake

FreeMonk5804d ago

Montrealien, I was thinking exactly the same thing!!

I watched the Hulk yesterday, and William Hurt looked a lot like Old Snake. I'm guessing William Hurt is not exactly built for playing an action packed movie that MGS4 would be.

Anyway, they will start at the beginning, probably at Shadow Moses.

Christian Bale? Great actor, doesn't look like Snake. Plus he's got 50,000 projects on at the moment.

What worries me is the voice of Snake! We've been use to David Hayters voice for Snake for the past 4 Solid games, plus the PSP versions, so will they do something similar to Hellboy (Niles from Frasier did the voices for the water reptile dude) and dub the actor who plays Snake with that of David Hayter? For me it wouldn't feel the same without Snakes legendary voice.

Anyway, Kojima needs to direct the movie. He directed the games, and the cutscenes are awesome. Just imagine Kojima behind a camera!?

jkhan5804d ago

@1.1, I was literally thinking of the same thing. But I believe they should do the voice over from David Hayter because I think his voice is what makes his character more stronger more believable.

Legionaire20055804d ago (Edited 5804d ago )

Tom Cruise would be the perfect actor for Solid Snake!!!! and Leonardo DiCaprio as Raiden!!!

http://www.beautyanalysis.c...

http://www.marcofolio.net/i...

http://www.morethings.com/p...

http://www.showbizspy.com/s...

DeadIIIRed5804d ago

Not as Solid Snake though (maybe when he gets old), but Big Boss.

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ngg123455805d ago (Edited 5805d ago )

Kurt Zimmer is director. Kill me. He is worst than Uwe Boll. Christian Bale is amazing though.

Montrealien5805d ago (Edited 5805d ago )

No offence butt he man responsible for one of the most amazing independent movies ever "Equilibrium" worst then Uwe boll? sorry but I can't disagree more, the man makes movies because he loves to make movies, unlike Uwe. I bet Hideo chose the man himself, I think he is a perfect choice imho and would explain the role probably going to Christian Bale.

If this is their first project since Equilibrium, I think it is full of win, it has potential, that's for sure.

and it's Kurt Wimmer, the "Z" key is not even close to "W" key :p

cyclindk5804d ago

Don't waste your breath, he probably hadn't even heard of Uwe until just recently in light of all the drama about his directorial abilities as of late; he just wants to sound like he knows something.

Legion5804d ago (Edited 5804d ago )

Equilibream was a great film, I liked it INSPITE of the awful director and the terrible camera work. Bale was what made the movie. And this alone tells you this is full of crap, naming the director and actor together as if it means something? Not going to happen, Bale, though a great actor, would only take away from this character.

If you are going for the old MGS4 version of Snake, then I would go with Sam Elliot: http://www.imdb.com/media/r...
Even though I didn't like him in the first Hulk... he is a good actor if given a good script and good director. He was GREAT in Tombstone!

Younger version maybe...? Ryan Reynolds: http://www.imdb.com/media/r...

Has that serious look that he portrayed in Amytiville Horror and also has the humurous side that Snake would need to keep a movie cashable.

And he has the action capabilities as he showed in Blade Trinity: http://www.imdb.com/media/r...

Panthers5804d ago

No, Ryan Rynolds is horrible. He ruined Blade 3 with his terrible humor.

Oner5804d ago (Edited 5804d ago )

Wow legion you hit both old/young versions of snake dead on. Though I think there could be a 3rd Snake actor for his "middle" age. But as for old/young, Sam Elliot has the voice and the talent to pull it off while Ryan Reynolds can add just that little bit of comedy (if needed for a scene) and seriousness/action through out. Plus that guy is ripped unlike like Christian Bale or Hugh Jackman.

Edit: Panthers you can't hold that against him since that is what the writers did.

joevfx5804d ago

actually Uwe boll makes movies cause he loves movies also. he just isnt good at it. hahah do you honestly think he does it for teh money? his movies dont make any money yet he keeps making them cause he loves movies. to bad he sucks at it.

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PoSTedUP5805d ago

i know little about directors but this movie i gotta see. i wouldn't care if Dan Aykroyd was the director ; ) its a mgs movie , im an mgs fan, therefor im a mgs fan watching an mgs movie : P-eace

Chris Hansen5805d ago

So now Christian Bale is Bruce Wayne, John Connor, and Solid Snake?

Grassroots5805d ago

Don't forget about Robin Hood in Ridley Scotts Nottingham, Christain Bale seems to be landing all these huge roles.

Looking forward too seeing a MGS movie, he needs to start smoking now to get his voice more rough.

Montrealien5805d ago

Bale has been going up ever since he was cast the lead in Spielberg's Empire of the sun, guy has a horseshoe up his arse, but I think he deserves it.

pwnsause5805d ago

i think if this movie is done right, he could forever be thought of as that character, like how Arnold is thought of as the terminator, i hope you guys get what I mean.

JackBauerIsHIGH5805d ago

He's not going to be Robin Hood.

I don't know about him being Solid Snake. Then again I don't think anyone could do the role justice that is currently in Hollywood, not even Christian Bale (one of my all-time favorite actors).

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Silogon5805d ago (Edited 5805d ago )

Bad choice. Bale is a cool guy. He looks sharp, not in a gay way mind you, but he just doesn't deliver his lines very well I don't believe. I mean, yeah sometimes he does but in Batman he just looked strange in the suit when he talked. Almost like the suit was to tight and it stretched his lips out or something.

I dunno. He's a decent actor, yes. However, I would've picked someone much better than Bale to play Snake Like Trevor St. john or John terlesky. Someone with a wide range of acting talent and that can play multiple angles.

http://www.abcmedianet.com/...

http://webzoom.freewebs.com...

Case and point. He's also one of the finest actors I've ever seen.

rexor07175804d ago

Yea, thats a look alike, but that doesn't mean he can get the voice or the bad ass-ness down. But hey, its all in the air still so no worry.

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PlayStation 3 Games That Desperately Need a PS5 Remaster

The PlayStation 3 may not have been the strongest generation for Sony, but there were still some diamonds in the rough that deserve a revisit as PS5 remasters.

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OtterX66d ago (Edited 66d ago )

Even if they could just remaster and put on PSVR2, some would still look great as VR titles and could do a whole lot to bolster the headset w these exclusives! I'd imagine the investment of reworking these titles into VR would be way less than building new games from the ground up, and they could be amazing experiences, and VR often makes flat games feel fresh again. The Resistance and Killzone games are particularly what I want to see!!

Rude-ro66d ago

I played killzone 3 in 3d and it really changed the game per being immersive.
In vr, that would be even more awesome.

darthv7266d ago

Funny you mention that... my son wanted to play some PS3 games in 3d on my PS tv and he was blown away by how good KZ3 was. It really was a great addition to the game. Im surprised there have not been more 3d games from that era being ported to the PSVR/VR2.

_SilverHawk_66d ago

resistance 1-3, killzone 1-3, uncharted 1-3, uncharted golden abyss, folklore, socom 4 , motorstorm, twisted metal, MAG, heavenly sword

Cacabunga66d ago

Killzone 2+3
Sly Thieves in Time
Crack in Time
God of War Ascension
Motorstorm
Modnation racer
Infamous 1+2

Profchaos66d ago (Edited 66d ago )

Killzone trilogy in VR would be amazing bonus points if they offer shadow fall.

There was a psvr1 Killzone project that supermassive was working on at one stage which wasn't up to scratch and Sony brand it back in house I was hoping we would see that on psvr2 eventually.

Personally I'd love to see some more love or acknowledgement of psvr2 from Sony in general it was a expensive headset and Sony barely acknowledge it's existence

seanpitt2366d ago

The amount of work needed to remaster these games wouldn't be beneficial on a financial and business sense.. MGS4 would probably be the best bet as it would need the least amount of work!

Iceball200066d ago

YEAAASSSSS! I miss this franchise and wanna play it so bad again.

Father__Merrin66d ago

The time is perfect for a resistance fall of man game campaign coop multiplayer

InUrFoxHole66d ago

The resistance series is str8 trash to me. Socom 3 I would welcome. Or killzone MP.

Marcus Fenix66d ago

A Resistance reboot will be awesome

Michiel198966d ago

That's what Bungie should make, Ill keep saying it until it happens

1Victor66d ago (Edited 66d ago )

Resistance was ok but Warhawk and Starhawk was better and kept me coming back for almost a decade of fun and petty revenge on the loud mouth unskilled players 🤣
Edit I loved capture the flag dropping the pot on the flag carrier was extremely satisfying as well as transforming your plane in bot form and stumping them to death 😱

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Michiel198966d ago

Resistance was the best co-op fps I ever played after L4D2

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One Last Smoke - The significance of Snake's cigarettes in Metal Gear Solid 4

An article looking at the symbolic meaning behind the cigarettes in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.

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Hideo Kojima laments that Metal Gear Solid 4's digital battlefield 'is no longer science fiction'

Game creator Hideo Kojima is and probably will always be best-known for his creation and stewardship of the Metal Gear series at Konami, which since his departure has been more-or-less on permanent hiatus (don't mention Survive). In his almost three decades these games evolved to the point where they predicted certain problems of the information age (MGS 2), took aim at contemporary topics like Guantanamo Bay (MGS: Ground Zeroes), and ended on a profound sense of sadness about our species' inability to break the cycles of global conflict (MGS V).

It's not clear what sparked this reflection, but Kojima's been thinking about Metal Gear Solid 4, an entry that was (and unfortunately still remains) a PlayStation 3 exclusive. In that entry the player controls an aged Solid Snake in the year 2014, caught up in a civil war being fought between Private Military Companies (PMCs).

Dirty_Lemons376d ago

That was a great fucking game/ movie.

DarXyde376d ago

To this day, it's one of those games where I refuse to skip the cutscenes, no matter how many playthroughs I've done.

But if you ask me...MGS2 was bloody prophetic and has aged like fine wine. That game was blasted as the weakest entry, and yet it's so enduring. I replayed it some time last year and it was remarkable.

sadraiden376d ago

Heed not the lamentations of people that say that MGS2 is bad because of the Snake/Raiden bait and switch. Every MGS game has its own merits, and while most people consider 3 to be the best, they all shine equally in my opinion.

porkChop376d ago

@sad

I would generally agree but with the exception of MGSV. It had truly excellent gameplay/combat, but dull and largely empty open world(s), and a narrative that is literally only half finished.

I really wish Kojima hadn't tried to go open world with MGS. It just wasn't right for the series. But I get it. He didn't want to make MG anymore but he wasn't allowed to make anything else. So he had to experiment within that franchise. Still, it was the wrong direction.

Santouryuu376d ago

I have been thinking about this a lot, MGS2 being the weakest and getting blasted.
My conclusion, for some years now, it's my favorite game of the series.
Going from MGS1 to MGS2 was such a big leap, in graphics, mechanics, etc.
And now it's even more relevant for being 'bloody prophetic' as you stated.

Maybe dust of my vita and play it again...

porkChop376d ago

It's a shame we never got a remaster of MGS4. The original game only rendered at 1024x768, and it ran anywhere from like 20fps to 60fps depending on the area. A remaster could have very easily cleaned up the visuals and performance. It's such a great game. I just want to play it again but in its best possible state.

MIDGETonSTILTS17376d ago

I agree, but they did all sorts of tricks to make use of the ps3’s cell processor….they’d probably have to rebuild the game in order to make it run on another machine. And, if that involves remaking those cutscenes somehow, then itll never happen, unfortunately.

porkChop376d ago

Nah. There have been plenty of remasters of PS3 games and they've turned out fine. It can be done.

ANIALATOR136375d ago (Edited 375d ago )

You can get near enough 4k 60 with it on RPCS3 these days

FallenAngel1984376d ago

War... war never changes. Or does it? The war has changed ...did it? The answer is no! Unless it is yes! No, of course it is! Is war! Yes! No! Yes?

PitbullMonster375d ago

Ah a man of culture. Duty calls

cell989376d ago

He was always ahead with this series. MSG1 taught me about the importance of passing on our genes into future generations but in a responsible way, for they are bound to what we experienced in our lifetime. Sons of liberty taught me about global control and simulation runs to test society in a grand scale, the importance and dangers of control of information. MGS3 taught me about patriotism and how that can blind you into doing things you never would have otherwise, all for the sake of politicians who only see you as another pawn in their grand scheme of things. MSG4 taught me war is inevitable and always orchestrated because it's great for the economy. Soon simulation systems will start dictating who goes to war and why, all run through proxies. Privatization of military company are already here. We already started to see how a small group of elites dictates everything that happens. Nothing is done, nothing happens without strings being pulled.

Eidolon376d ago

You learned all this from MGS?

RNTody376d ago

All that was literally the themes and core story of each game, so not surprising he learned that from MGS. Metal Gear Solid 2 in particular is so relevant today, it was more than a decade ahead of its time and a work of genius. Kojima saw what the digital future was going to become when it was in its infancy. Even MGS 5 despite being unfinished and less of a traditional Metal Gear Solid game with regards to story, had a fair bit to say about language and control over it that is relevant today.

It's a highly acclaimed series for a reason, and one of my favourite.

Eidolon376d ago

I've watched my brother play the MGS games, but I only beat MGS1 myself on the PSP in 2014, and MGSV in 2016. I took the themes and plots as lore, tbh.. trying to piece together the story of MGS rather than relating them to our current times.

RNTody376d ago

It's definitely social commentary, Eidolon. You should read the "themes and analysis" section of the Wikipedia page for MGS2: Sons of Liberty for a start! Game was heavy on this.

Eidolon376d ago

I'll take a look, thanks. Actually might pick up MGS2 again (PS Vita), It's been years since I last played. Might start a new game tbh.

sadraiden376d ago

MGS2 literally predicted digital manipulation of information that we see today all the way back in 2001. MGS2 became Zucc's playbook.

Knushwood Butt376d ago

MGS taught me not to pee my pants.

cell989376d ago

Yes back in 1998 when I was 13. Throughout the years more information has been shown on this subject matters, but go back to early 2000s and information wasn't as prominent. Kojima was ahead of the game

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MaxiPower90376d ago

He was on the ball about many things. A true visionary.

sadraiden376d ago

If it wasn't for the retconning of how FOXDIE works, including clunky scenes with Naomi and Liquid, MGS4 would be a perfect game. There are so many gameplay options. It felt like us PS3 owners got something truly unique and special.

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