With the box office successes of the Tomb Raider movies (which if you weren't aware, were based on a video game franchise of the same name - and not at all based on the initials of this blog), it's not surprising that a film adaptation for the equally adventurous, action-packed video game series, Uncharted, would be in the works somewhere.
However, there have been many attempts at it so far that have failed to gain momentum. It looked for a while like David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle) would direct with Mark Wahlberg (A good friend of ours over here at TOMB) starring as Drake, but Russell had issues with the script and that fell through. Since then there has been an online movement to get Nathan Fillion (Firefly) to star as Drake.
But now, it looks as if things are going ahead, with the announcement that Seth Gordon (Horrible Bosses) would direct, and Gordon himself hoping that production would get underway "very early next year". This means that within a couple of years, we may get to finally see a film adaptation of the series. Though there is no news on the cast as of yet.
The potential problems with this will depend on the treatment of the material and how much it will relate to the video game. The Tomb Raider films weren't exactly critically acclaimed and many believe that adapting video games into movies generally doesn't work. We'd like to hear what you guys think about this. Are you worried that they will ruin the Uncharted series? Do you think better films could be made from some of the more cinematic, story-driven games such as Heavy Rain (which itself has a film in the works)? Or would you prefer that Hollywood adapt video games that you don't care about so that you don't have to worry if they screw it up? Let us know in the comments.
Source: Empire
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