Rumor 101: Metal Gear Movie to be CG Generated?

The recent buzz in the industry is that the upcoming Metal Gear movie is going to star Christian Bale but grapevine suggest otherwise for they say this movie is planning out to be fully computer generated with live voice actors and is presumably going to be a remake of the very first Metal Gear released on the MSX, which introduces Solid Snake as the main protagonist for the long running series.

[Fishy Fingers]

Id love to see it go down the CGI route. We get Snake as we know him, David Hayter undoubtedly would voice the part. Also, the creater/writers could allow their imagination to run wild.

I imagine the prospect of a CGI movie would also get Kojima much more involved.

Yep, thinking about it, Id prefer CGI, I think that way, there's less chance of a "c0ck up" or two.

[The Wood]

cg or anime foe me. I dont think live action would do it for me unless they used similar methods to Sin city or Beowulf

[Maldread]

Yeah, i`m with you on that. Hope they get a good director though, because a MGS movie will be hard to make. I would hate to see a Resident Evil kind of take on it, even though the story in RE isn`t as good as MGS either.

I hope they start with MGS1 (which i`m sure they will too), since it`s my favorite one so far. Havn`t completed MGS4 yet, so maybe that will turn out to be favorite in the end (even though i`m a bit disappointed with MGS4 story wise so far, so i don`t think so, but maybe it will pick up at the end).

[Chris Bosh]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Statix]

I would be very happy if this is true. I think a CG movie would stick closer and more faithfully to the MGS games. A live-action film would water it down, change it too much, and "Westernize" it in a conventional Hollywood sense so that it would be more palatable for American audiences.

It also makes sense that Christian Bale were a voice actor, especially considering he's done (anime) animation voicework before (Howl's Moving Castle).

[ThanatosDMC]

David Hayter FTW!!! Guyver anyone?

I hope they make the movie long. I would watch it several times...

[LastDance]

sounds good to me!...id love to see MGS3 movie.

[sonarus]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. If its going to be CG, keep it as a game

[Hagaf22]

exactly i am playing through the cg video version right now, its call mgs4.

[PSMonster21]

^^^ Aren't you a funny guy.

[Panthers]

He's right. I would love live action if they can get the characters right. If the movie is live action, then I hope they dont create a new story. Just do Shadow Moses. MGS1.

When they turn books into movies, they dont change the story, they nearly copy the book word for word. (LoTR as an example) So, why do they always change it in games? Just change a little so it would work as a movie. I was so mad when I saw how different Resident Evil was.

[sonarus]

MGS movie can only really work as a trilogy. They can just do shadow moses as well as MGS1 2 and 4

[DJ]

Actually, I'm hoping that if they do, that the film ends up looking like MGS4. It would probably save them a lot of money to just do everything on the MGS4 engine.

[Pain]

id like it more if it was.

[PirateThom]

If they're remaking the MSX game as a movie... why not just remake the game instead?

[riqued]

Yes! Please do it! David Hayter as Snake!

[PimpHandHappy]

if i didnt just play the MGS movie

maybe if they let you control something in the movie with your controler i would go for it....

then again

Im a MGS fan and i would buy this movie on blueray 4sure

[kingme71]

Lol. I was just thinking the same thing. Pass out the controllers as you go in and everyone gets a little screen time between cut scenes. Bubbles for you.

[sinncross]

live action please ppl...

[28121986]

It gives Kojima more freedom to express himself, CG always stretches out the field than Live action which has its share of limitations.

[ShinMaster]

YEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!! !!

[lil Titan]

i was hoping for this all games made into real movies are wack except Doom and sorta hitman(the dude who played Agent 47 looked soft would like Vin Diesel more) so this is for the better if true

[TL24]

Thank god they're going with CGI instead of real actors, nobody can play Solid Snake! just like nobody was able to play the Street Fighters *cough* VAN DAM *cough*!

[Lionsguard]

Christian Bale MIGHT make a good snake but a CG FILM would be the best way to go because at the end of the day Christian Bale is Christian Bale, no one can be Snake but Snake himself.

[spandexxking]

christian bale is a good actor but certainly no solid snake

[heyheyhey]

ah... hell no!!!

live action would suit MGS better

keep the CG films for Final Fantasy games

@Maldread

woah hold the phone- are you comparing FF to MGS???????

no, just no

MGS is the kind of thing that would be better off with a live action film- end of

a CGI film would just look plain weird

[dachiefsman]

yea like that one FF failure FF "the spirits within". Had to mention it since nobody else had.

this should definitely be live action.

[Maldread]

Well, SE also made FF7: Advent Children after FF: the Spirit`s Within, so i don`t see how that proves a MGS film in CGI wouldn`t work.

I`m not sure how easy it would be to make a MGS-movie in live action and making it believable enough. I think the saga fits more in a CGI environment, because of all the crazy bosses and anime style. Finding an actor to play Snake with his likeness and voice would also be hard, if not near impossible, and considering how important the character of Snake is in the game, his appearance would have to be spot on if he was to be accepted.

[dachiefsman]

I was replying to his comments on FF and CGI movies. I never said advent children was bad. The comment was directed to say that CGI movies can be bad. I mean horrible.

[name]

No one would be able to do solid snake justice. CG is the perfect route. Anything other than Hayter's voice coming out of snake would just piss me off.

[spandexxking]

amen.

[Aclay]

I think that a Metal Gear Solid movie that just used MGS4's In-game cutscenes would be sufficient enough... I mean, MGS4's in-game cinematics look AWESOME, but a CG movie would be even bettter.

I think that Video games made into movies will turn out better if they were CG instead of using real actors... it's like you might just loose the sense of who the Video Game character is if it's being played by some actor that doesn't even look anything like Snake or Raiden.

I think that Timothy Olphant (whatever his last name is) was a good candidate to play as Hitman in the Hitman movie, but I can't think of any major actor that I could see playing as Snake.

[cmrbe]

I only hope they don't butcher it but stay true to what made MGS great in the first place. I would say though that it will be hard to live up to fans expectations if they go the live action route. Perhaps a hybrid like Beowulf. CG is alot better now than before. Have you guys watched Appleseed ex machina?. If Kojima and Sony work together. I am sure we will see something totally revolutionary that will look and feel real but stylized which suits action scenes in MGS.

[jspc1989]

in this case i completely back up CG film. it wud giv us a real snake not christian bale playing snake lol, and would feature david hayters voice which as lame as it sounds wud be a selling point for me. wud be awesome if you do this i personally think.

[kewlkat007]

Dumb move, it would not get to appeal to many exept still the fans...

Remember how FF spirits within bombed..

This game would make a great Action/Espionage flick with the right hollwood star.

You make it CG and I gaurentee ya it does not do well in te box office on a broad note...

Now that I think of it, Sean Connery would make a gerat Old Snake look a like given a month or 2 in the gym

[snoop_dizzle]

I think Sean Connery would be excellent......but i have no idea why ;) :P

[jspc1989]

the success that came accross with advent children, they learn from their mistakes the first time round and besides if this is true its a remake of an already made story so with the right screen play and directing (kojima im looking at you ;-)) theres not too much that cud go wrong.

[kewlkat007]

CGI films appeal to everyone one, just as Japanimation and Anime. They have thier niches but a big bluster Snake film in the right hands would do much better...IMO

Did Avent Children come out in theaters or just DVD?

After seeing that movie "The Hunted",...I could see "Benicio Del Toro" as Snake as well...

[JohnnyMann420]

Trust me. No one ever gets Live Action Adaptations correct.

MGS Needs to be CG or it will ruin everything (seriously... think about it)

Can be voiced by the original cast this way as well.

Snaaaake.......SNAAAAAAAKE!

Anyone who thinks otherwise isn't truly thinking at all. Hollywood always screws these things up.

[solar]

Street Fighter movie. enough said.

[ApocalypseShadow]

as long as it's good.

but anyone complaining about CG needs to see:

APPLESEED
EX MACHINA(APPLESEED2)
OR VEXILLE

after that,you will stop complaining about if it should be CG.or watch MACROSS ZERO.that style is sufficient as well.

apocalypse.....

EDIT:even the SPRIGGAN team since I already mentioned the GHOST IN THE SHELL team above.

[Doctor Strange]

I think CG would be a good way to go since in that way they can easily pull off the more fantastical aspects in Metal Gear and doing it this way also means we get all the voice actors back since I'm sure thats what they would do.

I support Metal Gear if its live action or CG I just want a Metal Gear movie done right. But I am leaning a bit towards CG simply because its hard to imagine Snake without David Hayter.

[ustayclassyn4g]

christ this better not turn out to be spirits within again

[buddyro]

put into his next game as a bonus thanks to Blu-ray.

[Mcrmarcher]

This is a good idea, its cheaper so they could probly spend more money on the movie itself, plus i don't want actors who look nothing like the characters there meant to be playing it would totally ruin the movie for me, plus snake with a different voice? don't think so. Just make it like a 2 hour movie, I bloody sure as hell would watch it. Plus remember beowulf it looked pretty kick ass so imagine what the movie would look like. Please make it CG!!

[ThatCanadianGuy]

But if David hayter doesnt do the acting or voice-over

it's going to be an epic fail,in my opinion anyways.

[f789790]

Probably cheaper anyways.

[Enigma_2099]

Because if it is, they can get you-know-who to do play the role of Solid Snake!!!!

[Deios]

Sounds good to me, but I think they should make it a live movie better, IMO. They have already made the Metal Gear Solid movie within these games, IMO. Just look at all the cutscenes we have between all the MG games. If they do decide to make this movie in CG, this movie will be the longest movie ever created. I don't want to see a 2 hour movie, while we can get more than that playing the 1 metal gear solid game.

[Dir_en_grey]

If they do indeed make it CG, I'd rather they just use the resource and make a remake of the MSX version with MGS4 graphics, or even use graphics with pre-rendered movie quality CG for cutscenes.
Metal Gear story is too long to be fitted within 2 hours...

[Leathersoup]

It's going to be Computer Generated Generated?!

People need to learn that CGI stands for Computer Generated Image.