EW moderated a conversation with the Kong: Skull Island filmmaker during virtual gaming conference E3.
Kong: Skull Islanddirector Jordan Vogt-Roberts is a big gamer and friend to E3.
You might remember his past conversations at the annual gaming conference with illustrious game developerHideo Kojima.
Jordan Vogt-Roberts is making a ‘Metal Gear Solid’ movie.Warner Bros.; Konami
But that was just a taste.
I think it’s very Kojima, punk rock, twisty.
And thenGundam, likewise, is the godfather of otaku culture in a lot of ways without exaggeration.
‘Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn.'.Sunrise
It is the grandfather to modern anime and thus most Japanese things that we love.
The franchise evolved into so much more.
“You’re dealing with these characters that are walking, talking ideologies,” Vogt-Roberts muses.
They are all trapped in the cycle of pain."
That was, ‘Hell yeah!
I’m passed it!'"
“Instead you’re met with this moment of somberness and regret.”
“Those aren’t one-to-one translations,” he says.
In 2019, the actor had fan cast himself during a Triple Frontier press junket.
That sound bite was like Isaac “sending smoke signals” to Vogt-Roberts.
Brian K. Vaughan is writing the screenplay.
This is your entry point,'" Vogt-Roberts says.
“WhereGundamfans say, ‘Yeah, this is myGundam.'”
“It’s just an incredibly rich franchise through and through.”
That is more up to the studios and less in his control.
One thing is for certain: “I love both these things to death,” he says.
Watch the full conversation in the video above.
