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Kojima Productions launches new film, TV and music division

Death Stranding developer Kojima Productions has launched a new division dedicated to music, TV and film. Based in Los …

www.gamesindustry.biz

Based in Los Angeles, California, the new division is designed to take the game studio's games to other pop culture areas. The new team will be led by Riley Russell, who joins the company after a nearly 28-year stint at PlayStation in various roles, including chief legal officer, and VP of business affairs.

The new division will be tasked with working with creative and talented professionals in television, music and film, as well as the more familiar games industry

Kojima Productions' business development manager Yoshiko Fukuda added: "Finding new ways to entertain, engage and offer value to our fans is essential in a fast-moving, ever changing storytelling world. Our new division will take the studio into even more areas that present our creative narratives beyond videogames and to open up ways for our fans to communicate and immerse themselves in these spaces."

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Honestly...it's amazing to see how Kojima Productions has been going from win to win since it was created like half a decade ago.
This has been something Kojima wanted since...forever maybe? Good for him.

 

[SJRB]

This fucking guy will not stop until he has directed his own Hollywood movie, will he?

God bless ya, Kojima.

 

[FunkMiller]

I wonder who they’d cast as Sam in a Death Stranding movie?

 

[Javthusiast]

 

[Interfectum]

Awesome. Dude is a legend.

 

[lh032]

He will either create a name for himself in the movie industry or crash and laughed by everyone else.

 

[Porcile]

Cool. Would love to see some Snatcher/Policenauts level kind of stuff.

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

Everybody is expanding into cross media IPs - movie / anime / tv series + gaming

 

[Punished Miku]

Why not. With 100 different streaming sites out there, he probably has 10 different companies lining up to pay him to make whatever he wants.

If he put something on Netflix, I'd watch it. That's more than I can say for 99% of Netflix content.

 

[BaneIsPain]

Come on Kojima-san.

 

[Unknown?]

If he was smart he'd get the hell out of LA.

 

[Chiggs]

I’d much rather see him do this than games. Best of luck to him.

 

[SafeOrAlone]

Awesome. I hope he is hard at work on his next game though. I like to think he is trying to create a shorter window between announcement and release this time.

 

[ParaSeoul]

 

[RoboFu]

The first 14 hour film?

 

[SEGA_2012]

I am happy for him but at same time i am scared, for some reason.

 

[Deerock71]

Kojima finally gets to make pedantic films that dribble on endlessly about minutae minus the gameplay. Seinfeld already did that, and then Larry David also did that.

 

[nush]

He will either create a name for himself in the movie industry or crash and laughed by everyone else.

He's getting high on his own supply. This project will get hyped, struggle and fade without any long term legacy. Might get some good trailers though.

 

[Kokoloko85]

With things like Netflix and Amazon prime, he doesn’t need to make a big hollywood movie. He can just do a Netflix series or movie etc

 

[Javthusiast]

I’d much rather see him do this than games. Best of luck to him.

Blasphemy

 

[AJUMP23]

How pretentious will this stuff be.

 

[Bartski]

Even tho I think he's lightyears better game systems designer than a writer, good for him. I just hope it's not about doing hybrid game/tv stuff like Quantum Break.

 

[Northeastmonk]

I have heard LA is super expensive to live in and you’re also competing with everyone else who moved to LA for the entertainment industry.

 

[Chukhopops]

I wonder who they’d cast as Sam in a Death Stranding movie?

More seriously, you can make a good movie/series with Death Stranding. Story is pretty good.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Kojima fans when Kojima releases his first movie: "wow amazing Kojima-san, best thing ever!!!!!!!!!!"
Every single normal fucking person on the planet: "what the fuck was this random shit we just watched?"

 

[Guilty_AI]

As a fan of his games, i don't think he'd make good movies. Though they'd still definitely be pretty entertaining to watch.

 

[Anime-Vix]

Hopefully, they are not biting off more than they can chew.

 

[kanjobazooie]

Give me that Kojima movie!

 

[Gameplaylover]

Sounds like Oscar material since they like weird niche stuff.

 

[Kenpachii]

Had to skip like 12 cutscenes in death stranding before gameplay started.

At this point just make movies.

 

[Thirty7ven]

God he’s such a lame ass these days. Hope Sony drops his ass.

 

[ElCasual]

Hassan Kahraman will be in the movies. Mark it.

 

[donfonzie]

I wonder who they’d cast as Sam in a Death Stranding movie?

Melissa McCarthy.

 

[kyliethicc]

Live action Knack film starring Norman Reedus

 

[sinnergy]

A prequel to death strand , a movie , how it all began. Right after the movie , death stranding remaster and death stranding 2 , tides of sand. Think about it .

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Uwe Boll: "Welcome to the club!"

 

[Dr Bass]

Seems like making movies is what he's really always wanted.

 

[Bernd Lauert]

Not even mad, will watch the movie.

 

[Ryu Kaiba]

Hope we get to see his next project soon. For some reason, it seems like the only thing people expect from him is more Death Stranding stuff.

 

[carlosrox]

Music lol?

 

[ParaSeoul]

I don't think people understand that this probably won't just be Kojima directed stuff

 

[bender]

I wonder who they’d cast as Sam in a Death Stranding movie?

 

[Ribi]

Plz no if it's anything like death strandings plot these things are gonna suck. We already have shit plots in Hollywood we don't need more like del Toro that's already a bad sign

 

[MrFunSocks]

Good lord I can only imagine the train wrecks that this could create. Kojima is a terrible storyteller, director, producer, and writer. Could set a new record for movie length and pretentiousness.

 

[Kiddo Cabbusses]

Kojima fans when Kojima releases his first movie: "wow amazing Kojima-san, best thing ever!!!!!!!!!!"
Every single normal fucking person on the planet: "what the fuck was this random shit we just watched?"

I'd be relieved if whatever movie he makes is Kojima's typical weird random shit, considering what the big media outlets have been producing lately.

 

[Valonquar]

One over budget, development hell movie comming soon to theatres in 2029!

 

[Renoir]

MGS proper movie incoming?
Would love to have a series like the Amazon Jack Ryan, but with MGS skin..