With Death Stranding 2: On The Beach due next month, and multiple other projects announced like the Death Stranding movie and OD, it’s not surprising to hear that Hideo Kojima is a little bit busy these days. There’s one future Kojima project fans are particularly interested in–Physint, the Metal Gear Solid creator’s return to the stealth-action genre–but Kojima himself says that one is going to take a while.

Speaking with French outlet Le Film Francais and spotted by VGC, Kojima was talking about all of the different projects he’s currently working on in reference to the Death Stranding film, which is currently in production with A24. Specifically, he was asked if he’d like to work on more film-based projects, and his response will not be music to the ears of those looking to play Physint–it’s still “five or six years” away.

“Besides Death Stranding 2, there is Physint in development. That will take me another five or six years,” Kojima said in the interview. “Maybe after that, I could finally decide to tackle a film. I grew up with cinema. Directing would be a kind of homage to it. Besides, I’m getting older, and I would prefer to do it while still young.”

Physint was one of multiple announcements made by Kojima during a PlayStation State of Play livestream held in January 2024, along with a gameplay trailer for Death Stranding 2. No other information has been shared about the espionage project since that State of Play.

Kojima’s next project, meanwhile, is Death Stranding 2: On The Beach, and it launches June 26 on PlayStation 5. Preorders are available now for both the standard and Collector’s Edition, which comes with a 15-inch Magellan Man statue, bonus in-game items, and more.