Gamespot is reporting that Sony Pictures Entertainment vice chairman Yair Landau has confirmed that his company will be putting out the long-awaited Metal Gear Solid movie.

"I have received many offers to adapt Metal Gear Solid. It has taken a long time, but we have finally settled on an arrangement," Kojima said in a statement. "False facts aside, a movie project is underway. I have finalized a Class-A contract with a party in Hollywood."

For eight months, the identity of the aforementioned "party" was unknown. That changed this week, when Sony Pictures Entertainment vice chairman Yair Landau revealed his studio is developing the project.

"We're working with the Metal Gear guys," Landau told GameSpot following his DICE Summit keynote in Las Vegas. "It's a very cinematic game, it really lends itself to movie-telling. But the question is, 'How do you translate Snake's experience into a full arc that conforms to what audiences expect on the large screen?"

How indeed? 'Very carefully' I imagine is the answer.

I'm actually really surprised it took so long to get this going. But I'm certainly looking forward to it. Must have been that Class-A contract ($$$) that really kicked this project into…GEAR. Zing!

Check Gamespot's report HERE