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Following their breakout twelvemonth pinch Final Destination Bloodlines, board Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein person group up different caller high-profile project, Deadline tin confirm. It’s a Metal Gear Solid movie that they’ll create for Columbia Pictures, nether a caller first-look producing woody for Sony covering each workplace labels.
The Metal Gear Solid movie will beryllium nan first ever. Avi Arad and Ari Arad are group to produce. Under nan deal, Lipovsky and Stein’s caller company, Wonderlab, will create films for nan duo to nonstop and original projects that they will nutrient for different directors. As antecedently reported, nan brace are besides processing a antecedently announced animated Venom movie for Sony Pictures Animation, arsenic good arsenic sci-fi epic The Earthling for Columbia Pictures, which they are producing alongside Eric Heisserer and Scott Glassgold.
The attraction is creating wildly fun, commercial, character-driven, genre-bending films. They are presently gathering imaginable executives to thief lead nan company.
“Zach and Adam are thrilling storytellers, masters of visuals and suspense, and 2 of nan astir awesome director/producers moving today,” said Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group President Sanford Panitch. “With projects crossed each nan company’s movie labels, we are truthful happy to create a location for them, and proud to person them arsenic portion of nan Sony family.”
Said Lipovsky and Stein, “We are honored to beryllium partnering pinch nan unthinkable executive squad astatine Sony. While moving pinch respective Sony teams successful nan past year, we’ve been blown distant by nan level of creativity, thoughtfulness, and passion we felt successful each conversation. We stock nan imagination that Tom, Sanford, Peter, Louie, Kristine and Damien, Ashley and nan full Sony squad person for creating theatrical arena films that entertain nan world.”
Regarding Metal Gear Solid, nan board said, “As agelong word fans of nan game, we are thrilled and honored to bring Hideo Kojima’s iconic characters and unforgettable world to life.”
Lipovsky and Stein were nan talk of nan municipality past twelvemonth pinch Final Destinations Bloodlines, which drew captious raves and came successful arsenic nan highest grossing installment successful a revitalized franchise. Other upcoming projects for nan duo see The Traveler for Paramount, Gremlins 3 for Warner Bros., Long Lost for Universal/Amblin, and a sequel to their cult favourite indie sci-fi movie Freaks, connected which they’ve wrapped production.
THR was first to today’s news.
