Kojima Productions opens second studio focused on movies, TV, and music

Kojima Productions has plans to move west and open a studio in California. This new studio will focus on some of creator Hideo Kojima’s other favorite mediums, namely TV, film, and music. While Kojima Productions Japan will continue to focus primarily on games, the new LA office will expand the studio’s entertainment reach into multiple entertainment mediums — games included.

“The new division will be tasked with working with creative and talented professionals in television, music, and film, as well as the more familiar games industry,” said Riley Russell, a former PlayStation executive and leader of the new business team at Kojima Productions. While all the information around the new studio seems a bit nebulous at the moment, the specific goal seems to be bringing Kojima Productions character and properties to other mediums — something Kojima has wanted to do for some time.

It isn’t the first time Kojima had a California studio named after him. Kojima Productions Los Angeles started as a studio for Konami while Kojima was there.

Post-Konami Kojima Productions, a relatively young studio, has not published any works. Death Stranding And Death Stranding: Director’s Cut. It’s unclear if this new branch of the company is currently trying to sell a Death Stranding TV show, if it’s being built out in anticipation of a new IP announcement from Kojima, or just trying to get Sam Porter Bridges into Fortnite.

With the LA division just starting up, and Hideo Kojima’s next project unclear, we likely won’t hear any major entertainment news around Kojima Productions for some time. Although with Kojima’s propensity for showing up at the Game Awards, news could be coming sooner than anyone expects.