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VG247 reports that production on the Metro 2033 film has halted, and that things weren't exactly going well before. According to the report, MGM acquired the rights to an adaptation of the novel in 2012. But unlike the game, MGM wanted to "Americanise" the script, transplanting the story from Moscow to Washington D.C. to (supposedly) give it a broader appeal, and the scriptwriter ran into trouble working it out. Dmitry Glukhovsky, the author of the original novel, said "A lot of things didn't work out in Washington DC," and that "they turned it into a very generic thing." The adaptation rights have defaulted back to the author, and he's currently "speaking with a new set of producers about a possible adaptation but this is a very long and difficult process."
"They're kind of afraid of setting it in Moscow because Americans have a reputation for liking stories about America. Again, with Metro Last Light and Metro 2033 - the books and the games - selling millions and millions of copies worldwide, it's probably not as improbable now that people would accept a story happening in Moscow because that's going to be the unique selling point. We've seen the American version of apocalypse a lot of times and the audience that like the genre are educated and saturated and not really wishing to get anymore of that." Metro Exodus, the next video game in the series, is set for release on February 22.
"They're kind of afraid of setting it in Moscow because Americans have a reputation for liking stories about America. Again, with Metro Last Light and Metro 2033 - the books and the games - selling millions and millions of copies worldwide, it's probably not as improbable now that people would accept a story happening in Moscow because that's going to be the unique selling point. We've seen the American version of apocalypse a lot of times and the audience that like the genre are educated and saturated and not really wishing to get anymore of that." Metro Exodus, the next video game in the series, is set for release on February 22.