Uncharted Movie to Get New Director

Avinash Bali • May 27, 2011, 16:02:34 IST

Could this mean fan favorite Nathan Filion will finally come on board as Drake?

Anyone who loves videogames will probably cringe when the words game to movie adaptation are mentioned. It’s a horrible phenomenon capable of converting some of your favorite games into horribly mutilated cash cows that bomb without a trace. When Sony announced plans for an Uncharted movie, fans panicked fearing the worst. As the days passed, their fears only grew as director David Russell got attached to the project roping in Mark Wahlberg to play Drake.

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But now, it seems they can heave a sigh of relief as Russell has walked away from this project due to creative differences with Sony. It’s also heavily rumored that with a new director will come new casting which means there is a chance that fan favorite, Nathan Fillion could step into the boots of adventurer Nathan Drake.

We should get to know more once the dust from E3 2011 settles down. Thanks to Showblitz for the heads up.

Written by Avinash Bali

Nash, as he prefers being called, woke up to the wonders of gaming rather late but don't bring that up around him. It's a touchy subject. A self confessed Battlefield veteran, Nash spent a good part of 2010 on the Steam Battlefield - with Bad Company (see what we did there?). He has a zero tolerance policy towards RTS games but is currently showing an interest by picking up and moving people - who he refers to as units - in the office. Thank God he's not that enthusiastic about Angry Birds or we'd be seeing women flying all over the place. Bali... Bali, put the receptionist down now. see more