Posted May 15, 2007 at 12:16PM by Karl B. Listed in: News, Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Tags: Konami, Solid Snake, David Hayter
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Solid Snake - Image 1The good news is it looks like the Metal Gear Solid movie is still a go. The bad news is that David Hayter won't be involved with the project.

According to IGN, the man who gave Solid Snake a voice will not be a part of the film. Hayter reportedly pitched his take on the Metal Gear Solid movie project to Konami but the company "opted not to hire him to script and/or produce it".

Konami also reportedly passed on a Hayter-penned big-screen treatment, which according to an insider was kind of like Metal Gear Solid meets "Apocalypse Now" with Snake in the middle of a "swirling whirlpool of Genomic/military madness".


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   by madhotch (Unregistered) - 2007-05-15
 » tisk tisk

doesnt hollywood know? ALWAYS LISTEN TO HAYTER!


   Re: inuyasha (Unregistered) - 2007-05-15
 » Star Wars anyone?

Why cant they just do like star wars and dub over the actor. I would love it.
   by Hater (Unregistered) - 2007-05-15
 » he's a Hater

Hater

   by Serideth (Unregistered) - 2007-05-15
 » Lame

It won't be the same. :(

   by 333 (Unregistered) - 2007-05-15
 » 333

is snake voice will not be the same, IT WILL SUXXX
it will be a waste of time doing this movie with his snake voice


   Re: Jockstrap (Unregistered) - 2007-05-28
 » Come on

*sigh* There are many people that can do the snake voice almost perfectly...
   by 333 (Unregistered) - 2007-05-15
 » 333

this movie will suxxx if snake voice is not the same

you need the original snake voice to be a good movie...

   by WNivek - 2007-05-15
 » Don't give up yet.

It's a pity he won't be involved, but let's not give up on the film just yet. Remember that Snake hasn't always HAD a voice (MG1/2, MGGB, MGA1/2) and when he did, and Hayter hasn't been the only Snake voice around. Any of you guys play the early MGS demo, with Japanese voice-acting and English subtitles? I felt it worked quite well.

The original Japanese voice-acting even managed to make Raiden (remember him?) sound cool. A quite astounding feat.

Just because we're used to one particular person, don't assume that it'll be bad without them. You never know, we may wind up with someone who does Snake even better than Hayter.


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   Re: zeek (Unregistered) - 2007-05-16
 » Snake without hayter

The pre-voice games sucked hard.
   by X (Unregistered) - 2007-05-15
 » Better than Hayter?

Hayter IS snake. This is probably the worst news I've heard in a long time.

Yea, the japanese voice actors were cool, but something tells me the actor who plays solid snake is not going to be japanese.

Oh well. Yet another bad video game movie. Silent hill seems to be the only good one.


   Re: fsdf (Unregistered) - 2007-05-15
 » hjhj

silent hill sucked.
   by Hellraiser (Unregistered) - 2007-05-15
 » .

All game to movie adaptations suck.

Tomb Raider 1 and 2 sucked.
Doom sucked.
Alone in the dark sucked.
Silent Hill was OK but sucked compared to the game.

Likewise, all movie to game adaptations also suck.

It's just a cheap way for companies to shamelessly cash in.


   Re: Uh (Unregistered) - 2007-05-15
 » Wtf?

What about The Warriors? That was a movie to game adaptations that didn't suck

   Re: sinjinn (Unregistered) - 2007-05-15
 » res evil series

that was good and mortal kombat was good. i know people think res evil sucked but you expect it to suck , but it doesnt suck as much as you expected it to so you are quite pleased whe you watch it.

   Re: 333 (Unregistered) - 2007-05-16
 » 333

you forgot about resident evil 1-2

No, not all movie adaptation suck
   by comedy - 2007-05-15
 » noooooo!!!

snnaaaaakkeeee!!!

this is bad news, hayter = snake, there's no way a mgs film wihtout hayter can really be mgs...

he could have ACTED as snake as well... why oh why?!

oh well, i'm still going to go see it, buy the dvd and pretend to be snake in my own home-made remake of the film anyway... - i'm a fan

   by lightweaponx (Unregistered) - 2007-05-15
 » Figures

Too bad they didn't just have Hayter ACT as Snake. With long hair and a bandanna I think he could pull off the look. Oh well if they get someone good for Snake I think the rest of the movie should be good. Hopefully anyway. I think they will treat this very seriously and not just try to make a quick buck off of it. Otherwise this movie could tarnish the good name of Metal Gear.

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   by Dave (Unregistered) - 2007-05-15
 » Hayter haters!

This is the worst news I've heard since....my mother heaved me out. I'd rather ***** out glass than see a MGS movie without Hayter.


   Re: Jerico G. (QJ. NET Staff) - 2007-05-15
 » LOL

Be careful what you wish for...
   by WATMAN (Unregistered) - 2007-05-15
 » ...

ITS A CRIME!

   by ... (Unregistered) - 2007-05-15
 » ...

Might as well kill myself. Hayter helped make the x-men trilogy. I think thats why Wolverine had a "snaky" feel to him.

I'm sure they will get some dumb ass like Nicolas Cage to play him.

   by fonchifox (Unregistered) - 2007-05-15
 » ITS DOOMED!!!!!

NO HAYTER NO MGS!

   by bambam (Unregistered) - 2007-05-15
 » NOOOOOOOOO

No hayter - No good snake!!

   by okie dokie doctah jones (Unregistered) - 2007-05-15
 » SAY IT AIN'T SO!!! SAY IT AINT SO!!!

HAYTER IS THE BEST!!! and on top of that actually IS the main character.

this movie is dead to me. It'll just be another bad videogame movie that won't be anything like the game at all. fu ck you, hollywood.

   by They call me fox (Unregistered) - 2007-05-15
 » Hey Anime anyone

Hey who know maybe there is hope that some day we'll get an animated version of metal gear. You know that they will choose Hayter. But if all else lets hope the guy is good for at least a cameo part.

   by Me (Unregistered) - 2007-05-15
 » Are you guys even paying attention

He wasnt going to ACT as snake do you guys even know what he looks like? its like saying Kevin Conroy should've played Batman in one of the films because EVERYONE is familar with his voice, or saying Mark Hamill should play the new Joker and anyway He was in the running to pen a script or write the screenplay for it which there are PLENTY others out there i mean he wasnt gonna act in the film dumb@$$es. yall know NOTHING about film, if they are smart they'd give the role of snake to maybe hugh jackman ok his voice is different but he'd play the role perfectly


   Re: booyah (Unregistered) - 2007-05-15
 » shush

Hayter's a writer who just does voice work on the side. he wrote the only two good xmen movies and is the perfect person to write metal gear solid the movie. It's a disrespect to his work as the voice and his accomplishments as a writer not to even consider him for involement...
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   by sinjinn (Unregistered) - 2007-05-15
 » am i the only one

who thought that david hayter was always over (voice) acting. he talks like he wants to be rambo or clint eastwood but he just sounds like he wants to be rambo and clint eastwood but doesnt quite pull it off.
every line he's gritting his teeth and trying to sound raspy . nobody talks like that ALL the time, but daviid hayter does. when he wants 3 sugars in his tea he sounds like he is in the middle of a nuclear war . even tea making becomes high drama when david hayter wants tea. the audience is on the edge of the seat ..

   by nanoware - 2007-05-15
 » Anywone ever see Escape From N.Y/L.A?

Kurt Russell should be4 solid snake, the similarities are stunning! go watch both movies its awesome!

http://imdb.com/title/tt0082340/


   Re: lightweaponx (Unregistered) - 2007-05-15
 » duh

Snake is based heavily on whatever action movies Hideo watched and what was popular at the time of the first and second game. Hideo even went as far as naming Snake as Pliskin, fooled everyone but Raiden, in MGS2.

Kurt is too old but good thought. Viggo Mortensen(?) could be a good Snake if he gruffed his voice up.
   by CHUCKINGROCKSATSPACESHIPS - 2007-05-15
 » Thats A Risky Move

David Hayter knows more than anyone how to be Snake. His look and his persona has always been the perfect Snake. I hope they don't have some person who don't even speak english approve the actor and the acting without really knowing what is going on. This pisses me off! At least they should have Hayter as a part of the directing if not the actor. Many of the projects he has been involved with were better because he was there to help oversee them. We should petition this movie. If all the millions of fans were to submit there signature Konami would think again about all the money they could potentially lose if this is a flop. I have yet to see some of the newer game to movie iterations do to the reviews. I think I will wait and borrow someones to watch them do to the fact that the movies are so lame that they wouldn't care to part with them.

   by ME (Unregistered) - 2007-05-15
 » Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

   by Fanboy (Unregistered) - 2007-05-15
 » T_T

As a Fanboy I'd watch the movie even if it sucked like bad porn O>O

   by asdf (Unregistered) - 2007-05-15
 » asdf

Larry Hankin should be snake.

   by @#$%&!!!!!!!! (Unregistered) - 2007-05-15
 » BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

.

   by StreetFighterEX+@ (Unregistered) - 2007-05-15
 » MGS

Why they hayter h8'ing man that's wiiiiik.

   by lol (Unregistered) - 2007-05-15
 » good and bad

i would have liked to see hayter pull it off but i know his voice is perfect but his acting skills are quite bad, probably why they chose not to use him > check out David Hayters acting = www.gametrailers.com/umwatcher.php?id=49890

   by Masenko (Unregistered) - 2007-05-15
 » Well...

If it ain't Hayter, it ain't MGS :(


   Re: korn (Unregistered) - 2007-05-15
 » +/

u said it all...

WE WANT HAYTER!!!!

   Re: sdafa (Unregistered) - 2007-05-15
 » fafa

Agree!
   by fbgfd (Unregistered) - 2007-05-15
 » dfgdx

F*** this *****...aint watching this anymore.

   by ? (Unregistered) - 2007-05-16
 » !

I hope Snake is played by Tom Cruise - scientology rules.

The film should be about Snake killing every non-scientologist.

Viva la revolution.



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