Death Stranding serial face creator and collector Hideo Kojima once said that his game belonged to a genre of its own, the world’s first “strand” game. A cinematographic adaptation would be, by the transitive property, then the first “part” of the film. Here is the story as it unfolds: Death Stranding will become a movie, the first of its kind, although no one really knows what that means yet.
Death StrandingThe film adaptation of will be co-produced by Barbaricexecutive producer Alex Lebovici and Kojima himself. Although the film is supposed to be fast-tracked, there is currently no director, writer or plot synopsis available – just the note that the film “will introduce new elements and characters to the Death Stranding universe,” according to a press release.
As Death StrandingThe game’s cast largely includes characters played by Hollywood stars like Mads Mikkelsen and Norman Reedus, so it would make sense for the film to follow new characters – even BB, the baby in the strange yellow capsule, has probably aged out of the game. role .
That said, it’s not like there isn’t a whole mess of big ideas to explore – Kojima’s story on a mail linking a post-apocalyptic America haunted by apparitions from beyond is convincing enough for the announcement of a sequel, Death Stranding 2was one of the most exciting things revealed at this year’s The Game Awards.
It would just be a shame if Kojima couldn’t write or direct. He’s been telling us for years now that 70% of his body is made of movies, after all.
