| abstract | - At E3 2006, Kojima announced that he had negotiated a contract with a party in Hollywood to adapt the video game into a film. He also stated that he was considering filming the film in Alaska due to the game being set in the state. In February 2007, it was revealed that Sony Pictures would be involved in producing the film. In May 2007, Solid Snake's English voice actor, David Hayter, submitted his take for the movie, including a script, to Konami, though they rejected it. In March 2008, it was announced that Michael De Luca, who has produced such illustrious films as Boogie Nights and Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, would be producing the film. De Luca also stated that the studio was interested in Kurt Wimmer, who wrote and directed Equilibrium and Ultraviolet, to write and direct the film. However, in an interview later that month, De Luca stated that Wimmer was not involved with the movie and was one of the many people approached to direct the film. In June 2008, in an interview with men's magazine Nuts, actor Christian Bale said that he was interested in playing Solid Snake in the film. However, in a June 2009 interview with MTV, he denied talking about a film version of the game and gave a vague answer on whether he has played Metal Gear Solid or any other game in the Metal Gear series. In November 2009, Jeremy Bolt, producer of the 2010 film Resident Evil: Afterlife, stated that he and director Paul W.S. Anderson, who has directed or produced the Resident Evil movies and other game-to-movie adaptations, were interested in adapting Metal Gear Solid for the big screen at Columbia Pictures.
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