{"id":1994957,"date":"2026-06-17T12:14:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T09:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1994957"},"modified":"2026-06-17T12:14:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T09:14:05","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:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1994957","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":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">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<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">When carry met Sally.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Sam-in-Death-Stranding-fires-a-weapon-at-an-enemy-which-causes-an-explosion-to-go-off.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Sam in Death Stranding fires a weapon at an enemy which causes an explosion to go off\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Sam-in-Death-Stranding-fires-a-weapon-at-an-enemy-which-causes-an-explosion-to-go-off.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Kojima Productions<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Victoria Phillips Kennedy avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1644925423.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Victoria Phillips Kennedy avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1644925423.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/victoria-kennedy\">Victoria Phillips Kennedy<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      News Reporter<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-06-17T12:14:05+00:00\">June 17, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/death-stranding-live-action-film-violence?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          1 comment<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"650645f5-c258-4d98-90c5-6629280e1bb4\" data-name=\"Death Stranding\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Death Stranding\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Death Stranding\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Death Stranding\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Death Stranding\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Death Stranding\" title=\"Follow Death Stranding\"><br \/>\n  Follow Death Stranding<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\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 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<div class=\"primis_video\">\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> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Death Stranding 2: On The Beach &#8211; Official Performance Capture Trailer. <a 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\"><\/span><\/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 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<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Death Stranding screenshot showing an orange pod being held with a happy baby inside\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/death-stranding-bb-pod.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"1600\"><\/p>\n<p><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 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 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\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In addition to the live-action adaptation, there is <a 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 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><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\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 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<div class=\"primis_video\">\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> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Death Stranding 2: On The Beach &#8211; Official Performance Capture Trailer. <a 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\"><\/span><\/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 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<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Death Stranding screenshot showing an orange pod being held with a happy baby inside\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/death-stranding-bb-pod.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"1600\"><\/p>\n<p><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 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 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\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In addition to the live-action adaptation, there is <a 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 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><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News 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 When carry met Sally. 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