"Metal Gear Solid" Movie in Works from "Final Destination: Bloodlines" Directors

A tentpole film around “Metal Gear Solid,” the nearly 40-year-old video game franchise that’s never been adapted for the screen, is in development at Sony Pictures.

“Final Destination: Bloodlines” directors Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein are tackling the project for studio label Columbia, part of a first-look production deal the directors just signed.

Lipovsky and Stein are hot off the runaway success of the latest “Final Destination” film, which reinvigorated the long-running horror franchise and earned over $315 million worldwide for New Line Cinema.

Father-and-son team Avi Arad and Ari Arad will produce the feature adaptation.

The game is a special-ops first person adventure where players seek to destroy the titular weapon of mass destruction — a bot capable of launching nuclear attacks.

The first-look deal, which covers all of Sony’s film labels, furthers Lipovsky and Stein’s relationship with the studio.

Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein

As part of the deal, Lipovsky and Stein’s newly-launched company, Wonderlab, will develop films for the duo to direct and original projects that they will produce for other directors. The focus is creating wildly fun, commercial, character-driven, genre-bending films.

Under the deal, the duo will are set to develop multiple projects across banners, including an animated “Venom” movie for Sony Pictures Animation.

They were previously announced as producing and directing the original sci-fi concept “The Earthling,” from alongside producers Eric Heisserer (“Arrival”) and Scott Glassgold.

With "Final Destination: Bloodlines," Lipovsky and Stein reinvigorated a moribund Warners Bros. title, helming the first Final Destination movie in nearly 14 years.

Released in May 2025, the movie become not only the highest-grossing entry in the franchise but also the best reviewed.

Prior to that, the filmmaking gained notice for writing, directing, and producing the indie sci-fi film Freaks, which was one of the year’s biggest sales at the Toronto International Film Festival. They are currently in post-production on a Freaks sequel.

In the last year, Lipovsky and Stein have also been working on several high-profile projects around town, including a new "Gremlins" feature they wrote for Warners Bros., "Long Lost" with Spielberg’s Amblin and Universal, and "The Traveler" at Paramount.

Now, thanks to that movie’s critical and box office success, the directing duo, who first met 17 years ago as competitors on Steven Spielberg’s filmmaking reality show "On the Lot," have become one of the busiest moviemakers around.