The Metal Gear series is split into two timelines: one in the past that details the rise of Big Boss a.k.a. Dozens of big-name directors were reportedly attached to the project at one point or another (including Quentin Tarantino, Paul Thomas Anderson, and shockingly enough, Uwe Boll), but in 2014, director Jordan-Vogt Roberts became linked to the project. Rumors and pitches have stretched as far back as 2006 regarding an adaptation of Hideo Kojima's legendary virtual pastiche of Western espionage films, but nothing tangible and concrete until the Metal Gear 25th Anniversary, in August of 2012, when producers Avi and Ari Arad announced that Colombia Pictures would be producing a Metal Gear Solid film that would be distributed by Sony Pictures. While the Metal Gear Solidfilm may appear dead in the water, that hasn't stopped director Jordan Vogt-Roberts from sharing a wealth of information about it via concept art.
