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