Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima has revealed that he had a The Boys-style game idea with heroes and that he wanted Mads Mikkelsen to star.
gaming writer Hideo Kojima has revealed he has put a superhero project on hold due to similarities with Amazon’s hit show The young, and that Mads Mikkelsen was his chosen actor for the lead role. Both Kojima’s project and The young would have revolved around the idea that superheroes might not be as good as their public image suggests and needed to be kept in check.
The young is an adaptation of the comic book series by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson that ran from 2006 to 2012. She presents a gritty, satirical take on the world of superheroes and corporate America, while continuing to explore the political themes of superhero fiction and celebrity with nods and parallels to real-world events – very different from the video game history of Marvel’s Spiderman. Amazon’s show has received critical acclaim from fans and critics alike and is currently in its third season starring Karl Urban as Billy Butcher.
Hideo Kojima often takes to Twitter to comment on the latest movie or TV show he’s seen and offer his views, with big praise reserved for films he ends up enjoying, such as: paddington 2. In its latest update kojima (above. VGC) talked about The young, who admitted he initially stopped watching the hit superhero series after the first three episodes of the first season, but recently decided to revisit it. In a series of tweets, Kojima revealed that he had a project planned involving Mads Mikkelsen (who previously worked with the game director as a cast member of death stranding) and would have focused on a special squad pitted against legendary superheroes that needed to be kept in check behind the scenes. However, he eventually dropped the project as the concept was too similar The young. His comments prompted The young Showrunner and self-proclaimed Kojima fan Eric Kripke, as well as Antony Starr – who plays the villain Homelander on the show – to get in touch and ask for a “to team up” make a game based on The young by Kojima Productions, a prospect other fans in the thread seemed excited to see.
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“THE BOYS” which I finished after 3 episodes of the first season. I thought I’d check out the rest of the series. Actually, I was watching a few episodes that were being delivered at the time I was about to start a project that I had been rehashing for a long time. pic.twitter.com/UpI00pUIHQ— HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN) June 26, 2022
Although Kojimas guys-esque superhero game never came to fruition, his studio – Kojima Productions – seems to have several projects in production at the moment, which actor Norman Reedus accidentally confirmed Death Stranding 2 the other month. An Xbox-exclusive project that Kojima recently confirmed at the Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase is also in development. Although little is known about this Xbox-exclusive title, Kojima Productions will leverage Microsoft’s proven XCloud technology to deliver what Kojima promised: a unique experience that players have never seen before.
Hideo Kojima‘s ideas for a superhero title seemed like a refreshing take on the genre in the gaming world that could have gone hand-in-hand with what Amazon was doing The young while streaming. Given how he explained that the project was put on hold and not canceled immediately, there’s still hope that fans might recognize the spirit behind the icon Solid metal gear Series will one day venture into the world of superheroes.
Sources: Hideo Kojima/Twitter (via.VGC)
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