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Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Release Date: TBA
Genres: Action, Adventure, Video Game
Production Phase: Development Hell
Studio: Columbia Pictures Production Company: Atlas Entertainment
Who's In It: Mark Wahlberg (Nathan Drake), Robert De Niro [Rumored] (TBA), Joe Pesci [Rumored] (TBA),
Who's Making It: TBA (Director), David O. Russell (last draft) (Screenwriter), Alex Gartner (Producer), Avi Arad (Producer), Ari Arad (Producer)
Premise: Treasure hunter Nake Drake searches for the location to El Dorado, the fabled lost city of gold.... More »
Friday, August 24, 2012
Sony has made a decision to hire new writers for their developing Uncharted movie project, and they have experience in finding lost treasure. The writing team of Cormac and Marianne Wibberly, who penned the scripts for both National Treasure movies for Walt Disney Pictures, are now working on the Uncharted: Drake's Fortune screenplay.
- Variety. Comment on this Scoop (0)Friday, May 27, 2011
David O. Russell has departed the Uncharted movie due to the much dreaded culpit of "creative differences". THR reports that one of the reasons why Russell exited was that he presented a 200-page draft of the movie to Columbia Pictures. It wasn't just that move that alienated Russell from his bosses: the script also contained numerous new characters that were never seen in either of the two Uncharted video games.
- The Hollywood Reporter. Comment on this Scoop (1)Thursday, November 25, 2010
In an interview with MTV, Mark Wahlberg confirms the rumor that he's been cast in the main role for the Uncharted: Drake's Fortune movie and that he's happy to be reuniting with his Three Kings director. "David is one of the best writer/directors I've ever worked with," said the actor. "The idea that he has is just insane. So hopefully we'll be making that movie this summer."
Wahlberg also confirmed that there has been talks with both Robert De Nero and Joe Pesci to play his character's father and uncle, respectively, and that the movie that Russell wants to make won't be timid and tame. "It's not going to be the watered-down version, that's for sure."
- MTV. Comment on this Scoop (0)Monday, October 11, 2010
It looks like the L.A. Times got their story wrong because Columbia Pictures has snagged David O. Russell to write and direct Uncharted: Drake's Fortune.
Russell's written and directed an eclectic assortment of dramas including I Heart Huckabees, Flirting With Disaster, Spanking the Monkey and Three Kings. His next film is The Fighter starring Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale.
"David is a tremendous choice to take on this film," commented Matt Tolberg, the studio's president of production. "He's equally adept at combining all the classic elements involved in this property: great character development, strong comedy, and amazing action sequences. He has a brilliant vision for this material and we know he will bring his original, unique voice to this adaptation."
- Columbia Pictures. Comment on this Scoop (0)Tuesday, August 3, 2010
According to the L.A. Times, David O. Russell and his reps couldn't work out a deal that would see him direct the Uncharted movie. Talks have not only dissolved but Russell has apparently moved on, leaving the project's producers on the hunt for another candidate to call action on the set.
- The Los Angeles Times. Comment on this Scoop (0)Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Screenwriters Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer have been hired by Columbia Pictures to write the gamerflick's script. The duo penned the screenplays for Sahara, A Sound of Thunder and the upcoming action-horror comic book adaptation Dead of Night. They also recently turned in a draft of the new Conan movie.
- The Hollywood Reporter. Comment on this Scoop (0)Friday, June 26, 2009
Columbia Pictures is developing a movie based on the bestselling PlayStation 3 game Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. The screenplay will be written by Kyle Ward and producing are Charles Roven, Alex Gartner, Avi Arad and Ari Arad. This is the third movie project based on a video game that Ward has been hired to adapt after Kane & Lynch and the just announced Hitman 2. [Full story]