Actor Oscar Isaac at the world premiere of Triple Frontier on March 3 in New York City. — AFP Relaxnews
Oscar Isaac is "throwing (his) hat in the ring" to play lead character Snake in an adaptation of the Metal Gear Solid video game spy thriller franchise.
Star Wars and X-Men actor Oscar Isaac is interested in playing the lead character from blockbuster video game series Metal Gear Solid.
Not only that, but a movie adaptation is already in the early stages of planning, and Isaac's involvement is a casting decision that director Jordan Vogt-Roberts has already considered.
Speaking ahead of the theatrical release of Triple Frontier, Oscar Isaac told IGN that he wanted to play super soldier Snake in a movie adaptation of Metal Gear Solid.
"Definitely," he volunteered. "Metal Gear Solid, that's the one I'm really... I'm throwing my hat in for that one."
He told his Twitter audience that back in August 2018, it was he who had asked Australian graphic artist and social media user BossLogic to mock up an image of Oscar Isaac as Snake.
Isaac's upcoming movies include October 2019's animated remake of The Addams Family, December's Star Wars: Episode IX, and the projected November 2020 release of the Dune remake.
Vogt-Roberts is known to be a fan of the sprawling, ambitiously cinematic, and at times notoriously convoluted Metal Gear Solid series of stealth action games, incorporating references to it in the designs of Kong: Skull Island.
The Metal Gear Solid franchise debuted in 1987 under the guidance of auteur game director Hideo Kojima, who left 18 games and 28 years later in 2015, setting up a new studio to work with Hollywood's Guillermo del Toro, Mads Mikkelsen and Norman Reedus on undated PlayStation adventure Death Stranding. – AFP Relaxnews
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