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    Hideo Kojima, Guillermo del Toro reunite at game summit

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    Guillermo del Toro, left, film director at DelToro Films and Hideo Kojima, game designer at Kojima Productions, participate in a panel discussion at the D.I.C.E. Summit Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ronda Churchill)

    By Derrik J. Lang, Entertainment Writer

    LAS VEGAS (AP) --

    "Pacific Rim" filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and "Metal Gear Solid" video game creator Hideo Kojima had big plans for their top-secret interactive collaboration.

    "We had great ideas that I think would have done fantastic," del Toro said on stage Thursday at the Academy of Interactive Arts and Science's annual D.I.C.E. Summit.

    The writer-director of such films as "Pan's Labyrinth" and "Crimson Peak" reunited with Kojima for a talk at the 15th annual gathering of elite members of the video game industry. The appearance marked the pair's first public appearance together since their video game, "Silent Hills," was canceled last year by publisher Konami.

    The title was intended to be the next installment in the long-running "Silent Hill" horror franchise and feature "The Walking Dead" actor Norman Reedus. Del Toro and Kojima teased it last year with the release of a mysterious PlayStation 4 demo called "P.T."

    "'P.T.' itself was meant to be sort of a decoy," del Toro said. "We were thinking it would take (players) 10 days, two weeks to solve it. They solved it in three days."

    The pair – fans of each other's work – first met when del Toro was in Japan to promote "Hellboy II: The Golden Army." They quickly became friends, and del Toro invited Kojima to his "man cave," populated with the quirky filmmaker's games, toys and other geeky collectibles.

    Kojima, who was affiliated with Konami since 1986, is being inducted this year into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame. After finishing work on "Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain," he is now working on a PS4 game with a newly formed studio, Kojima Productions.

    "I feel extremely free right now," the Japanese game designer said through a translator. "I'm trying to make a very big game with an extremely small team. I am doing exactly what I want to do."

    Despite the duo moving on to other projects, del Toro is hopeful that he'll again collaborate with Kojima.

    "I'll do whatever the (expletive) he wants," the filmmaker said with a big grin, motioning to Kojima.

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    Prime Video brings familiar faces and new voices to NBA coverage

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    Broadcasters Reggie Miller, left, and Kevin Harlan, middle, during an NBA basketball game between the Golden State Warriors and the Minnesota Timberwolves in San Francisco, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, Filer)

    Prime Video will have many familiar faces along with some new voices when it begins its first season of NBA coverage in October.

    Kevin Harlan, Ian Eagle and Stan Van Gundy are coming over from TNT while Cassidy Hubbarth is coming from ESPN.

    Harlan and Van Gundy were part of TNT's crew for its final NBA game on May 31, when the Indiana Pacers defeated the New York Knicks in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals.

    Harlan was with TNT since 1996 while Van Gundy returned to being an analyst in 2021 after being fired as New Orleans' coach.

    Eagle, who has called Nets games since 1996, began doing national games for TNT in 2010.

    Prime Video will not have set announcing pairings or name an "A" or "B" team, but Eagle is likely to be the voice for the top games, including a conference finals series in 2027. He's also been the lead voice for CBS coverage of the men's NCAA Tournament the last two years.

    "We're not in a situation where we have like a single game of the week. We have two big games every week and more after the NFL season ends," said Jared Stacy, Prime Video's head of production. "So we're always going to sort of be living in this doubleheader world and we're treating every game like a big game. We like the ability to be flexible and try out different combinations as we go."

    Hubbarth not only worked games as a sideline reporter for ESPN, but served as a guest host on the network's NBA studio shows and also hosted the digital series "Hoop Streams."

    Prime Video also announced the additions of play-by-play announcers Michael Grady and Eric Collins, analysts Brent Barry and Dell Curry, and Allie Clifton and Kristina Pink as sideline reporters.

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