Avi Arad, the film and television producer best known for adapting Marvel comic books for the big screen, has spent the past few years aiding a well known video game properties fight their way into feature films. Working on Uncharted and Mass Effect, the Hollywood big wig has struggled to give these projects feet, as the industry hesitates to fund video game adaptations. Resident Evil is the only recent success, and even then, the franchise has only recently become a blockbuster. While I would advise Avi to spend a few hours reminding studio higher ups about the many merits of the 90’s Street Fighter films (Jean Claude Van Damme as my leading point, of course), I don’t think any amount of SF praise could obscure the massive failures of Prince of Persia, Far Cry, or Super Mario Bros.

Still, Avi Arad reamins persistent. Our friends at VGF asked him about the cinematic future of one of the most beloved franchises in all of fandom, Metal Gear Solid.

The Metal Gear Solid movie is about three or more years away according to Arad who implied that negotiations between the film studio and Konami could take a bit of time. However, Arad said that he’s in close contact with ‘Metal Gear’ creator Hideo Kojima. Like Uncharted, the Metal Gear Solid movie is also currently set up at Sony.

Let’s just say 3 years, huh? A bit of reckless fanboy optimism never hurt anyone. Right? Right? Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen sympathizers, I’m looking at you.

SOURCE: VGF