Metal Gear Creator Hideo Kojima shared photos of himself with actor Nicolas Cage at the Kojima Productions studio in Tokyo. Standing next to the statue of studio mascot Ludens, Cage can also be seen writing a message to Kojima and the studio team thanking them for the tour.
Kojima previously posted pictures of his meetings with other notable people on his Twitter, including Sony’s Jim Ryan and Microsoft’s Phil Spencer. While some will interpret the tweets as a teaser for a potential collaboration between the two, it is also entirely possible for it to have been a social visit.
With our dear Nicolas Cage. pic.twitter.com/nOC3zcxzvS
— HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN) June 15, 2023
Cage is known for his work in a variety of movies, including Face/Off (1997), Spider-man: Into the Spiderverse (2018), and National Treasure (2004). He is seen here wearing a mustard-yellow jacket and red sunglasses.
我らがニコケイにコジプロ恒例のサインボードへサインをいただきました🙏🫶👍 pic.twitter.com/XhKnLxxhyS
— 小島秀夫 (@Kojima_Hideo) June 15, 2023
This is not the first time the two have been involved in the collision of the Game and Movie worlds. Back in May, Nicolas Cage was revealed to be appearing as a playable character in Behaviour Interactive’s Dead By Daylight. Meanwhile, Hideo Kojima is set to be the subject of a documentary releasing at the Tribeca film festival, and is involved with a Death Stranding movie being made by Hammerstone Studios.
Nicolas Cage’s latest film Renfield released in the US on April 2023, and his upcoming appearance in Dead by Daylight will be detailed on July 5, 2023.
The Hideo Kojima documentary will be debut at the Tribeca film festival on June 17, 2023. His studio, Kojima Productions is also working on Death Stranding 2, which he teased some possible symbols late in 2022.
