There may be, as ever, so much occurring on the planet of Hideo Kojima. In an interview printed in a current concern of French movie journal Le Movie Français, Kojima spoke about his ongoing initiatives (through VGC): There’s Dying Stranding 2. There’s the Dying Stranding movie adaptation in manufacturing at A24. And naturally, there’s Physint, Kojima’s upcoming return to the tactical espionage motion that secured his world popularity.
Sadly, Kojima advised Le Movie Français that it will most likely take the higher a part of a decade earlier than we will play his Steel Gear successor. “Apart from Dying Stranding 2, there may be Physint in growth,” Kojima mentioned. “That may take me one other 5 – 6 years.”
As soon as Physint is squared away, nonetheless, Kojima advised Le Movie Français that he may lastly flip his consideration to directing a film of his personal.
“Possibly after that, I might lastly determine to deal with a movie,” Kojima mentioned.
Throughout Physint’s announcement on the January 2024 PlayStation State of Play, Kojima mentioned Physint could be a “next-generation motion espionage recreation” that’s “additionally a film on the identical time when it comes to look, story, theme, forged, performing, style and sound.” Motion espionage? Mainly a film? Inevitably wild casting and style decisions? That checks all of the Steel Gear packing containers. (They’re cardboard packing containers, presumably.)
In keeping with Kojima, we should not be stunned to listen to it, as a result of he mentioned in February 2024 chat that he is making Physint as a result of all of us saved demanding extra Steel Gear. That is an fascinating quote on reflection now that we all know Kojima Productions was already busy turning Dying Stranding 2 into Steel Gear anyway, however I am not complaining a couple of surplus of hypercompetent bandana-clad stealth goofballs.
What’s interested in Kojima’s dialog with Le Movie Français is that he did not point out OD, the horror recreation introduced in 2023 as a collaboration between Kojima and Jordan Peele. Much like Physint, Kojima described OD as a recreation that is “on the identical time a film, however on the identical time a brand new type of media.”
In January 2025, Kojima mentioned that the productions of each OD and Physint had been suspended in 2024 due to the SAG-AFTRA strike. Kojima clearly appears keen to acknowledge Physint’s ongoing growth, however OD’s present standing is unclear.
If he does make an eventual pivot to directing films, Kojima mentioned it will be the end result of a life-long fascination.
“I grew up with cinema. Directing could be a type of homage to it,” Kojima mentioned. “Apart from, I’m getting older, and I would favor to do it whereas nonetheless younger.”
Kojima’s at present a spry 61 years previous, and he is spent these six youthful a long time as an open and unabashed film nerd. It is arduous to overlook: Most of his oeuvre is a pastiche of 90s techno-thrillers, and he is been cramming acquainted actors and administrators into his recreation casts ever since his manufacturing budgets have supported it.
My solely concern about Kojima’s directorial debut is what sort of runtimes he’ll topic theater audiences to. If Dying Stranding had about 4 and half films’ price of cutscenes in it, how lengthy are his films going to be if there is no pesky gameplay to get in the best way?
