Avi Arad, who has worked as producer on the ‘Spider-Man’ trilogy, ‘X-Men’ and ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ (to name a few) has announced that ‘Metal Gear Solid’ will finally become a motion-picture.

Although it was previously announced by ‘Metal Gear’ designer Hideo Kojima, that the series was not quite ready to make the step onto the big screen, it now appears that the time is right. Arad broke the news as a special guest at the Metal Gear Solid 25th Anniversary event in Japan.

I’ve personally been wishing for this to happen since I first played ‘Metal Gear Solid’, the stories are so rich with well thought-out plots and characters, I fail to see how this franchise could go the same way as other game franchises that have been turned into films such as ‘Mario Bros’, ‘Street Fighter’ and ‘Hitman’.

To me, the game has never been just that, it has always been an interactive movie or a playable movie, this for me is another reason why I have loved the franchise so much. But of course with something that is so perfect in one platform there is always the worry that Sony Pictures could completely ruin a well established and very successful title.

If Sony are to do ‘Metal Gear Solid’ justice they really need to pull out all the stops with getting a director and a fantastic cast to really get the world of Solid Snake, Big Boss, Liquid Snake and Ocelot come to life.

As this news has only recently broke, there is no information as to a storyline that will be used or who will star as the main protagonist of the series, Solid Snake. Depending on when the film would go into production I am guessing someone such as Christian Bale or the likes of Tom Hardy, Chris Hemsworth etc would be suitable (for me, Bale would be perfect).

Are there any game franchises you would like to see hit the big screen, are you as excited as I am about seeing Solid Snake finally hit Hollywood? – Comment below

Source: CVG UK.