Hideo Kojima Put A Project On Hold Because The Concept Was Too Similar To ‘The Boys’

The BoysThe show is currently being renewed for Season 3. It’s a brutal show, with hilarious satire and multiple wild characters, but it seemingly didn’t hold the interest of Metal Gear Solid and Death Stranding director Hideo Kojima. 

That’s because he quit after watching three episodes of Season 1, but the reason might have to do with more than just interest in the series. A new set of tweets was first discovered by Video Games ChronicleKojima revealed this at one time in the past, probably 2019, when the first season was. The Boys(aired), he was proposing something similar to The Boys. He actually put it aside because of the similarity. 

“The BoysI stopped watching after three episodes of Season 1 and resigned. I thought I’d watch the rest of the show. Actually, I watched a few episodes that were delivered at the time when I was about to start a project that I had been warming up for a long time and put on hold because the concept was similar (different settings and tricks). A buddy (male/female) thing with a special detective squad facing off against legendary heroes behind the scenes. I was thinking of Mads as the lead.” 

The tweets below show that Kojima seemed to be making something, presumably a video game. However, you never know what he might have been thinking. It ended up being way too similar. The Boys. There are many Kojima fans and many Kojima. The Boys that really want the director to return to this idea, including Homelander actor Anthony Starr, who replied with “Second that notion” to a tweet from The Boys writer and producer, Eric Kripke, that says “please come make a The Boys game. You can unite and win! Huge fan, btw.” 

Kojima works currently on an Xbox project and a sequel for Death Stranding. However, maybe he’ll be back to this after that. Boys-like game. You could even create a game. The Boys – one of its stars and its writer are on board with it, at least. 

[Source: Video Games Chronicle]

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