Writer Aaron Guzikowski (Raised by Wolves, Prisoners) is attached to write the screenplay for the animated take on Death Stranding. Kojima Productions LA announced the project, which is said to be an original story — not a one-to-one adaptation of Sam “Porter” Bridges’ adventure through a desolated America.
“I love the world of Death Stranding, it’s so creatively freeing, so beautifully dark and yet hopeful,” gushed Guzikowski in a statement alongside the news. “I’m so excited and honored that Hideo Kojima, whose work I’ve long admired, has invited me to dwell within his creation, to birth new stories into this fertile, mind-bending universe.”
Line Mileage chief creative officer Daniel Dominguez likewise geeked out on the forthcoming Death Stranding animation, calling the original game “the most cinematic, thought-provoking video game I have ever played.”
“Playing it gave me the same emotional rush, visceral punch, and intellectual pleasure I had the first time I watched Blade Runner, or Ghost in the Shell,” Dominguez said. “Adapting it into a form it so naturally evokes is an honor. And for Aaron Guzikowski to lend his talents, whose authorial mind and creative energy humble me… needless to say, this project is a dream come true.”
The animated Death Stranding feature — just like A24’s live-action movie — does not have an announced release window. But with Death Stranding 2: On the Beach coming soon, Kojima fans will have plenty to tide them over while they wait.
