Guillermo del Toro, Hideo Kojima team up for new 'Silent Hill' game
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and 'Metal Gear Solid' creator Hideo Kojima will join forces for a return trip to Silent Hill.
Word about the new installment in the long-running video game series arrived Tuesday via an interactive teaser released on the PlayStation store.
Near the conclusion of an hour-plus long demo for a game referred to as 'P.T.,' title cards appeared on screen featuring both Del Toro's name and Kojima's (another suggested the game could be titled 'Silent Hills').
Also glimpsed was a character modeled on 'The Walking Dead' star Norman Reedus, who could be seen standing on a desolate city street at night.
Although some years away from its creative zenith, the 'Silent Hill' franchise won a legion of fans for its atmospheric thrills and surreal imagery. It spawned two films - 2006's 'Silent Hill,'and more recently, 2012's 'Silent Hill: Revelation 3D' - neither of which was particularly well received.
For Del Toro, the project marks yet another creative endeavor the busy writer-director is juggling at present.
He's producing the upcoming animated feature 'Book of Life,' which arrives in theaters Oct. 17; and he's finishing his 2015 horror film, 'Crimson Peak,' starring Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston and Charlie Hunnam.
Additionally, he's beginning work on 'Pacific Rim 2,' the sequel to last summer's movie that paid glorious homage to the Japanese pop culture he adored as a child in Guadalajara.
His FX TV series, 'The Strain,' adapted from a trilogy of vampire novels he wrote with Chuck Hogan, was recently renewed for a second season.
Are you excited about a new 'Silent Hill' game? What do you expect from the Del Toro/Kojima collaboration? Leave your thoughts in the comments section below.
- Gina McIntyre | @LATHeroComplex
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