"I have only ever thought of Death Stranding as a game": Hideo Kojima has written a movie, but "I don't have the time to direct it, so I won't"

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But it seems that shift isn’t quite so inevitable in Kojima’s own mind.

“I have only ever thought of Death Stranding as a game,” Kojima tellsVarietyin a new interview.

So, I dont intend to look back at it and attempt to see it from a movie perspective.

Ill supervise the plot and help them make it, but I wont direct it.

I cant right now with three on-going projects!"

But I dont have the time to direct it, so I wont."

Its about making something new together."

Kojima isn’t saying he’llneverdirect a movie himself, though.