Washington, April 10 -- Sony Pictures has signed filmmaker duo Zach Lipovsky and Adam B Stein to a sweeping first-look deal that spans all of its film labels, while also tapping the pair to direct a long-anticipated live-action adaptation of 'Metal Gear Solid'.

Under the new deal, Lipovsky and Stein, operating through their newly launched company Wonderlab, will develop films for their own direction as well as produce projects for other filmmakers.

The studio has described the focus as building "wildly fun, commercial, character-driven, genre-bending films," as quoted by The Hollywood Reporter.

As part of the agreement, they will helm Sony's Columbia Pictures adaptation of 'Metal Gear Solid', based on the iconic stealth-action video ga...