Death Stranding Movie In The Works At A24

After Konami booted Hideo Kojima, he was able to free himself from the endless Metal Gear sequel grind to expand his imagination into some truly weird places. Death Stranding, the epic tale of a delivery man and his baby in a jar, was the result of that — and it’s expanding beyond just a video game.

Someday you’ll be able to experience the peculiar plot of Kojima’s story without owning a Sony console, as the man has just announced a partnership with A24 to turn Death Stranding into a movie. No one is cast yet, but given that the game had a row of movie stars in its voice list — and the lead character was modeled directly after his actor, Norman Reedus — it’d be a waste not to get at least some of them back.

Don’t expect a one-to-one transfer from screen to screen, however. “There are a lot of ‘game adaptation films’ out there but what we are creating is not just a direct translation of the game,” Kojima said. “The intention is that our audience will not only be fans of the games, but our film will be for anyone who loves cinema. We are creating a Death Stranding universe that has never been seen before, achievable only through the medium of film, it will be born.”

Kojima has several other things brewing in his strange cauldron, including a Death Stranding 2 for PS5 and a collaboration with director Jordan Peele for the horror game O.D., the latter of which we know very little about. Rumor has it the game may contain some of the ideas Kojima was forced to abandon when Konami killed his Silent Hills game.