With Death Stranding 2 now behind us, Kojima Productions’ future includes horror game OD and the new espionage game Physint, which will be published on PlayStation by Sony. It’s still a long way off, but recent casting details are providing a clearer idea of what to expect from it.

Hideo Kojima has already found a few actors for Physint, including Don Lee (Train to Busan), Charlee Fraser (Furiosa), and Minami Hamabe (Godzilla Minus One). MP1st is now reporting some details scraped from apparent casting calls that the game’s codename is “Shimmer” and that it’s looking for a villain who’s described as “Mads Mikkelsen in Hannibal but with flair” and “confident in a psychotic way”. Aren’t we all?

Note, Mads Mikkelsen and Hideo Kojima have worked together before on Death Stranding and are seemingly very friendly, though it appears the idea is to have someone else playing this particular Mikkelsen-inspired part.

The report goes on to say that the casting calls are looking for “multiple passengers on a hijacked bus”, and among them are “a mother holding her newborn baby, five teenagers of different ethnicities, two other male passengers, and lastly, an antagonistic character with a German accent”.

Nothing is known about the plot or specific setting yet, but a hijacked bus is a scenario you’ll be familiar with if you’re a fan of action thrillers. Perhaps Kojima is paying homage to Jan de Bont’s Speed. Pivot Motion’s Mari Ueda, who has already worked with Kojima on Death Stranding 2, is the casting director.

Last summer, Kojima stated he was working on Physint all by himself, so this development update seems to suggest a step up in the creative process as we move towards proper production of Physint starting later this year.