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Sarnoski to Film Live-Action Death Stranding in Iceland Next Year

6/18/2026

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Sarnoski Begins Filming

Michael Sarnoski will begin filming the live-action Death Stranding movie in Iceland next year.
He also plans to shoot scenes in Northern Ireland.
Sarnoski has finished a second draft and will write and direct the A24-Kojima Death Stranding film.
The film will introduce original characters, limit graphic violence, and stress a bleak, post-apocalyptic atmosphere.
An animated Death Stranding film by Aaron Guzikowski is slated for Disney Plus release in 2027.

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A24 Expands

The film will roll out widely in the UAE, likely at VOX and Reel Cinemas, though no regional distributor is named.
A24 teams with Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen, adding the movie to its prestige-genre slate and marking a push into game adaptations.
Hideo Kojima is developing OD, the PS6 title Physint, and a third Death Stranding game, with filming set for 2026, which prevents the film from debuting before 2027.

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Sarnoski Begins Filming

Michael Sarnoski will begin filming the live-action Death Stranding movie in Iceland next year.
He also plans to shoot scenes in Northern Ireland.
Sarnoski has finished a second draft and will write and direct the A24-Kojima Death Stranding film.
The film will introduce original characters, limit graphic violence, and stress a bleak, post-apocalyptic atmosphere.
An animated Death Stranding film by Aaron Guzikowski is slated for Disney Plus release in 2027.

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