{"id":6333,"date":"2026-06-17T13:14:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T12:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/17\/death-stranding-movie-director-promises-were-not-gonna-see-a-lot-of-jaws-getting-ripped-off-after-his-gory-robin-hood-flick-as-preparations-for-next-years-filming-continue\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T13:14:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T12:14:00","slug":"death-stranding-movie-director-promises-were-not-gonna-see-a-lot-of-jaws-getting-ripped-off-after-his-gory-robin-hood-flick-as-preparations-for-next-years-filming-continue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/17\/death-stranding-movie-director-promises-were-not-gonna-see-a-lot-of-jaws-getting-ripped-off-after-his-gory-robin-hood-flick-as-preparations-for-next-years-filming-continue\/","title":{"rendered":"Death Stranding movie director promises we&#8217;re &#8220;not gonna see a lot of jaws getting ripped off&#8221; after his gory Robin Hood flick, as preparations for next year&#8217;s filming continue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Squeamish sorts can rest assured that Death Stranding&#8217;s live-action movie adaptation won&#8217;t have the same level of violence as director Michael Sarnoski&#8217;s previous films, but it will, he says, still honour the video game&#8217;s &#8220;bleak and barren post-apocalyptic environment&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Sarnoski, who also helmed 2024&#8217;s A Quiet Place: Day One, discussed his plans for the upcoming Death Stranding film while chatting about his current Robin Hood movie with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/entertainment\/thriller-movies\/death-stranding-director-says-the-film-adaptation-has-a-lot-of-action-and-excitement-but-the-violence-is-restrained-youre-not-gonna-see-a-lot-of-jaws-getting-ripped-off\/\">GamesRadar<\/a>. The Death of Robin Hood, you see, is a rather bloody affair, with several characters getting arrows to the eye and other such uncomfortable mutilations. Thankfully for those more squeamish amongst us (ahem, me), the director said this won&#8217;t be the sort of thing we will see in his Death Stranding adaptation, though violence does still have a place.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption>Death Stranding 2: On The Beach &#8211; Official Performance Capture Trailer. <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wiEGD8Q2DrE\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s some violence to it. I mean, Death Stranding is a brutal world,&#8221; Sanoski explained. &#8220;It&#8217;s a world where it feels like death is just around the corner. So there needs to be that sort of visceral sense of, &#8216;Oh, this could be it&#8217;.&#8221; So while there&#8217;s &#8220;violence and action&#8221; to be found in Death Stranding&#8217;s &#8220;bleak and barren post-apocalyptic environment&#8221;, its role &#8220;is very different&#8221; to what viewers will see in The Death of Robin Hood &#8211; a film he says &#8220;kind of questions&#8221; violence.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In Death Stranding, the sort of violence and action is about exploration and about understanding the world more deeply,&#8221; he added. &#8220;So there will be some, but you&#8217;re not gonna see a lot of jaws getting ripped off in Death Stranding.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a separate conversation with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/film\/features\/death-robin-hood-michael-sarnoski-hugh-jackman-death-stranding-1236782717\/\">Variety<\/a>, Sarnoski revealed he had recently handed in a second draft of the Death Stranding script, with the plan being for filming to start next year in Iceland and Northern Ireland. &#8220;This takes place in the world of the video game, but I have my own set of characters,&#8221; he said. &#8220;There are some overlapping characters that fans will be excited to see, but it&#8217;s very much my own story within this universe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure>\n <noscript><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<\/noscript><br \/>\n<img alt=\"Death Stranding screenshot showing an orange pod being held with a happy baby inside\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox=\"\" data-uri=\"death-stranding-bb-pod.png\" height=\"900\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"1600\"\/><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Kojima Productions<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We first got word of a live-action Death Stranding film back in 2022, when the game&#8217;s creator <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/death-stranding-is-getting-a-movie-adaptation\">Hideo Kojima called it a &#8220;pivotal moment&#8221; for the series<\/a>. A year later, he <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/kojima-productions-announces-partnership-with-a24-for-death-stranding-movie\">announced Kojima Productions would be collaborating with A24<\/a> on the movie, saying it will be a film for fans of the games as well as anyone who loves cinema. &#8220;We are creating a Death Stranding universe that has never been seen before,&#8221; Kojima said at the time, &#8220;achievable only through the medium of film, it will be born&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In addition to the live-action adaptation, there is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/death-stranding-animated-movie-with-original-story-on-the-way-with-raised-by-wolves-writer-attached\">an animated Death Stranding film<\/a> in development with Raised by Wolves creator Aaron Guzikowski. This will be targeted toward adults, with both the John Wick animated prequel and sci-fi horror Predator: Killer of Killers cited as examples of what viewers can expect. This will also feature an original story set within the Death Stranding world, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/death-strandings-anime-is-unfortunately-going-to-be-locked-behind-a-disney-plus-subscription\">is expected to release on Disney Plus in 2027<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/death-stranding-live-action-film-violence\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Squeamish sorts can rest assured that Death Stranding&#8217;s live-action movie adaptation won&#8217;t have the same level of violence as director Michael Sarnoski&#8217;s previous films, but it will, he says, still honour the video game&#8217;s &#8220;bleak and barren post-apocalyptic environment&#8221;. 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