Kojima Productions has today announced it is expanding its reach with a new division focused entirely on film, TV, and music. The new team will be based in Los Angeles and led by Riley Russell, formerly of PlayStation. He spent almost 28 years at the company, occupying positions such as chief legal officer and VP of business affairs. Russell said: "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."
The goal of this new expansion will be to expand "the reach and awareness of the properties now under development at Kojima Productions, and to make them even more a part of our popular culture". Business development manager at the studio Yoshiko Fukuda then added: "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."
Of course, Hideo Kojima has consistently shared his love for the three mediums across social media for years now, so this sort of expansion for the company hardly comes as a surprise. Just yesterday the creator was sharing his love for South Korean Netflix TV show Hellbound. The Metal Gear Solid, Death Stranding maker loves his music and film just as much as his games, it seems.
[source gamesindustry.biz]
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Death Stranding TV series, now that would be interesting!
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Great, now we get to watch and listen to a load of pretentious nonsense rather than just play it.
Former chief legal guy heading this? That doesn’t sound right haha
This is how empire raise or fall!
Good luck. Kojima
Witch all do respect, I like the games, but story wise they are convoluted pretentious crap. I can tolerate that in a game but in a movie or tv series I'm not that flexible.
Cool. In his book, Kojima said he was originally going to make movies after leaving Konami until he was convinced to make Death Stranding, and in a BBC interview about a year ago he confirmed plans to expand into other mediums.
An anime or something led by Yoji Shinkawa could be pretty stellar for example.
And next - 'Welcome to the PlayStation Family' Well it's the perfect dream so let me dream (GOD that would be the BEST THING EVER!!! tho)
Oh god please no!
Maybe they should expand into games a little further first
This man is the greatest snake oil salesman the game industry has ever seen. Molyneux pales in comparison.
Guess we'll see how this plays out. I kinda hope this doesn't just give Kojima an excuse to use more of his favorite actors in future games.
Kojima The Movie; starring Kojima, directed by Kojima, written by Kojima, screenplay by Kojima, music by Kojima, Kojima by Kojima.
@Royalblues Just let him do what he wants? Jeez, why you gotta be a jerk?
Sounds good to me, while I'm more excited to see another game from Kojima-san, I totally approve of his team making series as well. I think a TV series directed by Kojima-san, or even an anime, would be a very nice addition to what he's made so far.
Here's hoping he'll show us something new at TGA.
As long as he doesn't go away from games, I'm all for it.
Gonna be some visual stunning movies...but, let's be honest, the guy can't write a cohesive story. I expect the film's to be nonsense but look amazing.
The music could be interesting. He uses more and more licenced songs in his games lately.
I think, like David Cage, his talents will shine better for gaming. Or he should adopt writers.
The logo for this company is excellent.
*cries in Silent Hill
Lens Flare: The Movie
Looking forward to whatever comes out of this venture!
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