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The Hollywood Reporter is just bursting with gaming news tonight.

They're reporting today that not only is Colubmbia Pictures in negotiations to acquire the rights to adapt the game into a "futuristic spy thriller," but that the movie already has a producer and executive producer.

The exec will be, of course, Hideo Kojima himself while the producer will be Michael De Luca, who produced such movies as Zathura: A Space Adventure and the upcoming Ghost Rider movie.

Sony's Doug Belgrad and Sam Dickerman will shepherd the live-action project for the studio, working in consultation with Kojima as well as Michael De Luca Prods.' Josh Bratman, who brought the project into the company. Rick Privman of JEA will executive produce.

Belgrad praised the "Metal" property, saying it is "loaded with well-developed, intriguing characters and (is) one of the first games to ever use cinematic tools in its storytelling."

Brian Crecente

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