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Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts Updates On ‘Metal Gear’ Movie and Begins Sharing Concept Art
We just passed the 31st anniversary of the Hideo Kojima-created Metal Gear, released by Konami on July 13, 1987. The game went on to spawn a massive franchise that continues to this day, and a feature film is now in the works with Jordan Vogt-Roberts (Kong: Skull Island) in the director’s chair.
In celebration of the 31st anniversary, Vogt-Roberts will be sharing early concept art from the project throughout July and into August, and he also updates on the film in a chat with IGN.
“We just turned in the script, and I think it’s one of the best scripts I’ve ever read,” Vogt-Roberts told the outlet, speaking of the script penned by Derek Connolly. “It’s one of the coolest, weirdest, most Kojima things. If I wasn’t involved in it, I would still look at that script and [say], ‘Holy shit.’”
During the same chat, Vogt-Roberts made sure to mention that there’s still no guarantee that the movie will actually be made, but it’s good to hear progress is happening.
Check out some concept art below and follow Vogt-Roberts on Twitter for more!
DAY 1 of #METALGEAR31st
There’s many beautiful+insane+iconic images to come…but I want to start with this piece by Nick Foreman.
The bond we formed via mechs reinforced that we should be loud w/ our love of this franchise as we may find friends & collaborators in the process. pic.twitter.com/5Zj4vRsu5T
— Jordan Vogt-Roberts (@VogtRoberts) July 13, 2018
DAY 2 of #METALGEAR31st
The impeccable @eddiedelrio_art helped me bring the “Gas Mask Samurai” to life in KONG.
Cyborg Ninja & the Gekkos are two of the most iconic Hideo Kojima + Yoji Shinkawa designs. I wanted to see their potential in the same frame. Wish I could say more… pic.twitter.com/8OCkWH1zvY
— Jordan Vogt-Roberts (@VogtRoberts) July 14, 2018
DAY 3 of #METALGEAR31st@BenMauro993 created this for me and I have a good feeling he’s a dude I’ll be working with for the rest of my career.
One aspect of Metal Gear that’s important for me to translate onscreen is the blending of horror imagery with stylized magical realism. pic.twitter.com/HEJCRSCKyK
— Jordan Vogt-Roberts (@VogtRoberts) July 15, 2018
DAY 4 of #METALGEAR31st
Dennis Chan was one of my art assassins on KONG.
MGS is about the “cycle of pain” so we created a diptych to visually represent history repeating.
Can’t wait for you to see my approach to the dense past & present timeline of this world.
Zoom in. Enjoy pic.twitter.com/Ni0U9IICwh
— Jordan Vogt-Roberts (@VogtRoberts) July 16, 2018
Before updating the video nasty Faces of Death, director Daniel Goldhaber and writer Isa Mazzei explored the dangers of online life in tech-thriller Cam, their feature debut that was acquired by Netflix in 2018 after making waves on the festival circuit.
At the end of last year, the Netflix exclusive quietly departed from the streaming platform, left without another streaming home.
It’s not an isolated story; Mike Flanagan’s Hush also left streaming entirely for a period until it was finally picked up on both physical media and other streaming services.
While the tech-thriller currently isn’t available to watch on Netflix, Tubi, Hulu, or any other platforms, that’s not a problem for Cam thanks to a very cool move by Goldhaber: the director has made his breakout film accessible to watch online for free via his website.
As his site notes: “CAM is unfortunately not currently available to view on any platforms, so you can watch it here if you like :).“
No subscriptions or fees necessary, just hit play.
Cam follows Alice (Madeline Brewer), who works as an online cam girl obsessed with her ranking on the cam site. The higher her ranking goes, the more it draws unwanted attention, and Alice soon finds herself replaced on her own show with a doppelganger.
Written by Mazzei, a former camgirl, it uses the horror thriller premise to examine the life of a sex worker; Alice’s career ambition is directly at odds with the shame it brings to her family, and how she tries to spare them from it by keeping them in the dark. It only compounds her danger when the doppelganger enters the equation in Goldhaber’s engaging thriller.
For a deep dive into the treacherous world of Cam, listen to Horror Queers’ episode on it now.
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