If you were eagerly anticipating Silent Hills, the new chapter of the Konami game series Silent Hill that would have combined the talents of writer/producer/director Guillermo del Toro, Metal Gear man Hideo Kojima and The Walking Dead’s Norman Reedus, we have some bad news: it’s no longer happening.
Announced last year through a playable teaser on the PS4, the game has been in development, but there has since been some tension between Kojima’s company and Konami. Speaking at the San Francisco film festival this weekend, del Toro said, "It's not gonna happen and that breaks my greasy heart.”
A more formal statement from Konami quickly followed… “Konami is committed to new Silent Hill titles, however the embryonic Silent Hills project developed with Guillermo del Toro and featuring the likeness of Norman Reedus will not be continued. Discussions on future Silent Hill projects are currently underway, so please stay tuned for further announcements.” Boo! So much for a game that, in true del Toro style, he promised would "make you shit your pants."
We suppose the only upside of this new wrinkle is it frees GDT up some time to devote to the other 500 projects he’s working on concurrently. His latest film, Crimson Peak, arrives in the UK on October 16.