Kojima Teases Two “Death Stranding” Films

By
Garth Franklin
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Kojima Productions

Kojima Productions has premiered a first look teaser trailer for the animated feature “Death Stranding: Mosquito”.

The project hails from Aaron Guzikowski, the writer of Denis Villeneuve’s “Prisoners” and the HBO Max series “Raised by Wolves”. He wrote the film, which will be directed by Hiroshi Miyamoto and produced by Hideo Kojima.

ABC Animation Studio is handling the animation for the project, the clip revealed as part of the 10th-anniversary livestream for Kojima Productions.

The upcoming A24 live-action movie adaptation of the “Death Stranding” games was also discussed with confirmation from director Michael Sarnoski (“A Quiet Place: Day One”) it will be a standalone story separate from the games but set in the same world:

“With this project, we really want to capture the soul of the game, the themes of the game, but tell a story that you haven’t seen in that world, and explore characters that you haven’t seen before, and find all of that scope, and all of those incredible, real locations, but also those nuanced characters and do justice to this on a micro and macro scale.”

Kojima himself added that:

“As the game takes about 70 or 80 hours, and we don’t want to slim that down to a 2 hour movie, so using that world for a thoroughly different story is essential and important. I wanted someone who could write and direct. I won’t get involved too much, because if I do, I’m going to start saying a lot of things. I’ll be a producer, and I can trust Michael fully.”

The presentation also revealed a new augmented reality game in collaboration with Niantic, and artwork from the new PlayStation title “Physint” which will star actors Charlee Fraser, Don Lee, and Minami Hamabe.