Disney animation boss Jared Bush reveals the unlikely source of inspiration behind overcoming a creative struggle on new movie Hexed – Hideo Kojima.
"True story… we were working on a section of #Hexed and there was a story point that was hard for me to crack," Bush, who also co-wrote Hexed, wrote on Twitter.
Bush added, "The inspiration for the fix came from talking to Hideo Kojima about an approach he took in Death Stranding 2. Games are cinema."
It's unclear exactly how Kojima indirectly contributed to the final product (Hexed isn't out for another few weeks, after all), but this doesn't mark the first time the legendary game developer has worked with Disney.
In the Japanese dub of Zootopia 2, Kojima had a bit-part as IT officer Paul Moldebrandt – and would go on to have multiple cameos in the next 12 months, including reprising his Cyberpunk role of Hideyoshi Oshima in Edgerunners season 2.
Hexed, starring Hailee Steinfeld as a fledgling witch, is Walt Disney Animation Studios' latest movie, following on from the billion-dollar hits of Moana 2 and Zootopia 2. But this marks the first original IP for the studio since 2023's Wish. The cast also stars Rashida Jones, Jodie Foster, Walton Goggins, Henry Winkler, and the live-action Beast himself, Dan Stevens.
Hexed hits cinemas on November 25.
Kojima, meanwhile, is busy at work on multiple game projects, including Physint and horror title O.D.
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