In July 2018, Vogt-Roberts announced that the film's screenplay had been completed. In August 2018, Vogt-Roberts stated that he wished for the film to receive an R rating, stating, "It’s about doing it for a price so you can make the riskier, balls-to-the-wall, Kojima-san version of it. There are Star Wars movies to talk about, there’s all sorts of stuff to talk about. To me, this is that. This is a new frontier not only for me as a filmmaker but I just feel like for audiences. To me, it’s a way to make the first great video game movie where it doesn’t matter that it’s based on a video game". Oscar Isaac has expressed interest in the role of Solid Snake. In December 2019, Vogt-Roberts announced that the draft is complete. In December 2020, it was announced that Isaac had been officially cast as Solid Snake.