Going increasingly vocal alongside Guillermo del Toro, Norman Reedus, a prominent figure in the collaborative project for the now cancelled Silent Hill, speaks out about the project to IGN this time. During this chat, Norman Reedus raises his hopes that in some shape or form, the collaboration between himself, del Toro and Kojima.
I’m super bummed that that happened back in Japan. But I have faith. I have faith that we, the three of us, can do something else. There were so many ideas and cool future happenings that were thrown around. I just can’t see us not picking this up somewhere.
Hopefully they’ll come to some sort of agreement and that happens, or we do something very similar that’s different. I don’t know. I have faith that we’re going to do something though because it just seems like it was one of those things that needs to happen. It’s like destiny, it needs to happen.
He was also asked about his thoughts with the fan reaction that stirred throughout the whole P.T. project. Reedus mentioned how humbled he was from the sheer number people who were passionate for this project. Further emphasizing his distress that the project didn’t come to fruition.
The internet buzz about [Silent Hills] happening was so huge. I’ve never seen anything like it; petitions with a hundred thousand people that signed it, petitions to please make it happen, that’s crazy. That’s a crazy fanbase for not just that video game but also those people making that video game, and for me to jump on that truck with them, I was like, ‘Holy balls. It has to happen. You need to do this.’
Reedus also mentions the unknown whereabouts of the content from the scrapped project. That despite the ground work being there, it is more than likely just going to sit there and remain untouched.
Hopefully they’ll come to some sort of agreement and that happens, or we do something very similar that’s different. I don’t know. I have faith that we’re going to do something though because it just seems like it was one of those things that needs to happen. It’s like destiny, it needs to happen.
That’s two out of the four massive contributors to the project expressing a deep desire to come back. At this point, fans are just hopeful that Reedus, Kojima and del Toro can come together again. Don’t forget to add some Junji Ito!