Hideo Kojima signed with the American agency WME, revealing the original intention to establish Kojima Production

Hideo Kojima has signed a contract with the American group WME (William Morris Endeavor), starting from the world of the game and entering Hollywood. The American group WME (William Morris Endeavor) has many stars including Tom Holland, Matthew McConaughey, Adele, Ok Taecyeon, etc.

News comes from Variety’s exclusive publicationKojima revealed in the interview the journey of leaving KONAMI to independently establish Kojima Production and launch “Death Stranding”. Below is a summary of the main events from the interview.

The reason for joining WME and signing an agency deal this time is because Hideo Kojima has always handled the casting and communication of all the actors, and not only WME trusted him, but also set up a team for him to help him handle everything. He was able to spend more time doing the things he wanted to do.

Kojima appeared in the interview because he was employed by KONAMI in the past, not only because the IP he created did not belong to him, but also because of his status as a board of directors and staff working at KONAMI at the time, he was unable to accept it. invitations to create a film or script. When Kojima Production was founded in 2015, he initially wanted to shoot movies and commercials directly, but to attract more players who were looking forward to it, he decided to make a game first, which is that “Death Stranding”.

The biggest thing Kojima did since the independence of KONAMI was to establish an independent company and create a game IP, which is “Death Stranding”. Now, to consolidate the IP, a sequel, “Death Stranding 2”, has been produced Since it is its own IP, it can be turned into any capacity such as movies, animations, TV series, etc.

Since Kojima Production is positioned as a digital entertainment company, future IPs may not come from games, but could come from animations and movies, fulfilling Hideo Kojima’s expectations.

Since Hideo Kojima loves both movies and games, he also sees the opposition between movies and games; however, some films are now starting to use the Unreal Engine used in games to create scenes, and even more digital productions, while games use Hollywood Air actors serve as motion capture. Therefore, not only do movies and games become technically similar, they also create unique communication opportunities.

Hideo Kojima not only saw this, he also discovered while interacting with the film industry that many directors, actors, producers, and even musicians became and artists in the film industry with Kojima games at the same time.

Kojima Hideo revealed that he once extended an olive branch to the film industry and asked about his intention to make a game, but was always told that he didn’t know how to do it, so he thought that he could not do. This also led Hideo Kojima to team up with Jordan Haworth Peele, the director of “Get Out”, to participate in the development of “OD”.

In the past, Hideo Kojima revealed that he was told “Oh, you make games.” But now fewer and fewer people say this, and he hopes that cross-border cooperation will make more common relations.

Although he is passionate about movies, Hideo Kojima does not plan to direct “Death Stranding”, but he will help to oversee the plot, hoping that the finished product will be a work that will be enjoyed by people -watch a movie too.

Hideo Kojima emphasized in the interview that, compared to the past when you could not join a company to create something, now is a time where you can establish your own company or become a person – independent creation and being seen by others. He also looks forward to featuring more independent creators and studios in the future.

After “Death Stranding”, because he wanted to challenge other efforts, Kojima chose “OD” to collaborate with Microsoft, which is a game with new challenges. In addition, there is a new spy game “PHYSINT” in collaboration with Sony. However, Hideo Kojima also revealed that there are several possibilities for him to direct a movie in the future or make a movie with Kojima Production.

Hideo Kojima said at the end when people ask him why he doesn’t retire. He revealed that many fans have told him that their lives have changed because of Metal Gear Solid.

At one point, he thought he was just a guy who made games, but this made him start to feel like he might have actually done something and made some impact. the world Now I hope I can create something for these people in the rest of my life. Anything he could do, he wanted to do.