Bill Skarsgård will star because the lead in Hideo Kojima‘s upcoming action-espionage online game “Physint.”
The casting information comes on the heels of last week’s announcement that “Physint” would now be revealed by Xbox after being scrapped at Kojima Productions’ longtime companion writer PlayStation.
Xbox and Kojima Productions have stated this growth of their working relationship will “prolong past video games, with Xbox and Kojima Productions collaborating throughout movie and tv to carry new tales to broader audiences.”
Kojima (the creator of the “Demise Stranding” and “Metallic Gear” online game franchises) was already working with Xbox to publish “OD,” his subsequent deliberate launch earlier than “Physint.” The title is a horror sport made in collaboration with Jordan Peele which encompasses a forged together with Sophia Lillis and Hunter Schafer.
Per Kojima Productions, “‘Physint’ is the third authentic IP from Kojima Productions and has been described by Hideo Kojima because the end result of his 40-year profession as a online game creator. With the complete assist of Xbox, Physint’ will use cutting-edge expertise and a stellar forged to create a sport expertise like no different, with the purpose of setting a brand new benchmark for the action-espionage style.”
For “Physint,” Skarsgård joins a forged that additionally contains beforehand introduced stars Charlee Fraser, Don Lee and Minami Hamabe.
“I’m delighted to substantiate the lead position for ‘Physint’ will probably be Invoice Skarsgård,” Kojima stated whereas saying the casting information Thursday throughout the Xbox Tokyo Game Show 2026 Broadcast. “We’re each long-time followers of one another’s work, and we’ve determined to embark on this new journey collectively. The costume fittings, scans, and digicam assessments we carried out with Invoice and Charlee earlier this 12 months gave me super confidence within the route of the venture.”
Greatest identified for his efficiency as Pennywise in Warner Bros. “It” movie and TV franchise, Skarsgård was most lately seen in Gus Van Sant’s “Lifeless Man’s Wire.” He’ll subsequent star in Peter Bergs’s “The Mosquito Bowl” and Andrew Niccol’s “Lords of Warfare” reverse Nicolas Cage. Earlier this 12 months, Skarsgård was featured in “The Demise of Robin Hood” together with Hugh Jackman and Jodie Comer.
Watch Kojima’s announcement within the video under, adopted by the brand new “Physint” key artwork that includes Skarsgård and Fraser.
