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Death Stranding Game Inspires Animated Film With Screenwriter Aaron Guzikowski

Kojima Productions and Line Mileage announced on Tuesday that Aaron Guzikowski (Raised by Wolves) is writing a new adult animated feature film set in the universe of Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding game. The animated film will tell an original story.

Kojima reported in an interview with Vogue Japan in May that a Death Stranding animation was now in the works. Kojima did not specify if the project was Japanese animated or not.

The game is inspiring a separate film adaptation at Hammerstone Studios (Barbarian, Bill and Ted Face the Music). Director Michael Sarnoski (Pig, A Quiet Place: Day One) is set to write and direct the film. Lars Knudsen and Ari Aster's Square Peg production company is also producing the film.

The original Death Stranding game shipped for PlayStation 4 in November 2019. The game launched on PC via Steam in July 2020 after a delay from June 2020 due to COVID-19. Death Stranding: Director's Cut, the PlayStation 5 version of the game, launched in September 2021. Death Stranding: Director's Cut launched for PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store in March 2022.

The Death Stranding 2: On the Beach sequel game is slated for release for PlayStation 5 on June 26.

The cast for the game includes Norman Reedus, Léa Seydoux, Troy Baker, George Miller, Fatih Akin, Elle Fanning, Shioli Kutsuna, Nicolas Winding Refn, Luca Marinelli, and Alissa Jung.

Kojima Productions established a new division in Los Angeles, California in 2021 dedicated to music, television, and film.

Source: Press release