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Kojima Dismisses Boll As MGS Director

Posted by Zonk on from the oh-thank-everything dept.

Joystiq has a post which caused thousands of people to raise their eyes heavenward in thanks. Uwe Boll will never direct a Metal Gear Solid film. From the article, which relays information from Kojima's ongoing podcast series: "Host Ryan Payton delivers a message from Kojima-san dispelling recent 'nasty rumors' that Uwe Boll is being considered to direct an upcoming Metal Gear Solid movie. Says Kojima: 'Absolutely not! I don't know why Uwe Boll is even talking about this kind of thing. We've never talked to him. It's impossible that we'd ever do a movie with him.'"

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  1. You're certainly well informed by jspoon · · Score: 5, Funny
    Although Resident Evil and 2 wasn't bad... I still won't forgive him over Doom.

    Uwe Boll did not direct any of those movies.

    1. Re:You're certainly well informed by JimTheta · · Score: 4, Funny

      You could argue that he isn't really directing any other movies either... (though he tries. He really does.)

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      My stupid web site
  2. Re:Wait, isn't this the guy... by MilenCent · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That's a non-sequitur. That he doesn't want Boll to direct a MGS movie has nothing to do with art. He doesn't want Boll to direct his movie because Uwe Boll sucks.

    I wouldn't be surprised, actually, if Kojima wouldn't want to direct such a movie himself. Think about it: it would be very, very easy for a know-nothing director to make a Metal Geal Solid game into some sort of crappy, Tom Clancyesque, military-celebrating, mass-market travesty.

    A good Metal Gear Solid movie could never be a generic videogame movie, and that's all Boll makes.