Chad Stahelski has provided a brief update on Sony‘s forthcoming Ghost of Tsushima movie adaptation.
In a recent interview with ComicBookMovie, the director revealed that he and the team are hard at work to translate the video game for the big screen, despite the fact that there hasn’t been any news about it since its announcement in 2021. “That’s something we’re in heavy development on. I love the property, Stahelski said. “The game story of Jin Sakai, and it being what I would say is, ‘The most anti-samurai samurai movie out there,’ because of the storylines, thematics in it, and the journey that Jin Sakai goes through […] is so interesting to me. The characters in the story are definitely something I don’t want to lose in any way.”
He added, “The trick is not do we have great material, we know we have great material. It’s how to make it palpable in any platform. You know, how do we make a great two, two and a half-hour movie out of this? Make it satisfying and leave it open to expand further from there. That’s the real challenge. How to take so much great and get it down to a watchable level.”
Sucker Punch Productions’ Ghost of Tsushima is an open world game that follows Jin Sakai, a samurai who must protect his home of Tsushima Island during the November 1274 Mongol invasion. Sakai must free the three parts of the island from the Mongols, led by Khotun Khan, and track down his uncle Lord Shimura and free him from imprisonment.
A cast is yet to be announced, however Stahelski previously shared that he would ideally like to have an all-Japanese cast and language. “So, I think if we did this right, it would be visually stunning. It’s character driven. It’s got an opportunity for great action, great looks,” he said. “And honestly, we’d to try to do it, all in character. Meaning, it’s a Japanese thing about the Mongols invading Tsushima island. A complete Japanese cast, in Japanese. Sony is so on board with backing us on that. I’ve been going to Japan since I was 16. I have a love of the country, love of the people, love of the language. To try to direct not only in my language, but someone else’s and culturally shift my mindset to bring apart that in a cool way that still entices a Western audience.”
Stay tuned for more info.
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