Hideo Kojima Would Like to See a ‘Predator: Badlands’ Video Game

Director Dan Trachtenberg’s Predator: Badlands arrives on Digital outlets beginning tomorrow (January 6), bringing the epic big screen adventure to your small(er) screen at home.

One of the movie’s many fans? Video game legend Hideo Kojima.

Kojima tweeted back in November of last year, “A few days ago, I threw out my back, so I wasn’t sure I’d make it through to the end watching a movie. But armed with my secret weapon—an inflatable lumbar pillow into the chair—I watched Predator: Badlands. A back-friendly 107 minutes! And it was great!”

“The film also takes heavy visual inspiration from video games,” Kojima’s tweet continued. “It represents a new direction for Hollywood entertainment led by a new generation of filmmakers who have inherited the global ‘memes’ of manga, anime, and gaming culture. I especially hope young anime fans who usually steer clear of live-action Western films will give this one a try.”

Given these comments back in November when he watched the movie, it should probably come as no surprise that Hideo Kojima feels a Predator: Badlands video game would be a natural evolution of Trachtenberg’s movie! In a video posted by WIRE over the holiday break, Kojima answered questions from fans and the subject of Predator: Badlands came up when he was asked which movies he’d be personally interested to adapt into video games.

Kojima answered, “A movie to adapt? Let me think. I recently saw Predator: Badlands. That felt quite game-like. Travelling with Elle Fanning on your back. I also recently watched Last Samurai Standing. The plot has game-like qualities. I might not make it, but it seems cool.”

It’s also interesting to note that Dan Trachtenberg reacted to these comments from Kojima in a tweet response to the story on Christmas Eve. He simply wrote, “Yes please.”

An epic trek across the world’s most dangerous planet, Predator: Badlands is without question a natural fit for a video game adaptation, and it’s not hard to imagine fighting different monsters and leveling up Dek’s armor and weaponry as you make the death-defying journey with your android pal strapped to your back. It sounds like a video game already, doesn’t it? In fact, Dan Trachtenberg was heavily influenced by video games when making the movie!

Shadow of the Colossus, The Last of Us, Uncharted, Monster Hunter, and World of Warcraft have all been cited by Trachtenberg as video games that inspired Predator: Badlands.