Since the release of Kong: Skull Island last year, Jordan Vogt-Roberts has made quite the name for himself within the gaming community. The director is currently in pre-production for his adaptation of Metal Gear Solid - which has Hideo Kojima's blessing.
Vogt-Roberts recently sat down with IGN to discuss his work on the Metal Gear Solid movie as well as talk video game movies in-general. At some point, during the discussion, Vogt-Roberts brought up that he'd like to bring iconic Nintendo series Metroid to the big screen. Here's what he had to say:
I have a pitch for a Metroid movie. They’ll never let me. It’s too crazy. It legitimately would be her (Samus) alone. It would be a little bit of her talking to herself. As soon as they introduce other talking characters in those games, to me it loses everything. You put her alone and it’s almost got more to do with the silence of a movie like Drive. Like the quietness. and having it be like a real, intense mood piece, but mixed with sci-fi.
Vogt-Roberts made note that Super Metroid was a mainstay throughout his childhood - and even perhaps sent him down the path of filmmaking to begin with. The conversation then spiralled into comparisons with the iconic Alien film series, as both feature badass female protagonist battling against extraterrestrial foes.
What do you think about the prospect of a Metroid movie? The entire 12-minute interview is available to watch below: