Uncharted movie has "romance and sex"

By Wesley Yin-Poole Published 2 March, 2011

Wahlberg teases Johansson and Mendes.

Hollywood director David O. Russell has promised to show as much skin as he can in the upcoming Uncharted movie.

His comments came as Hollywood star Mark Wahlberg, who will play Uncharted protagonist Nathan Drake, teased that Scarlett Johansson and Eva Mendes may appear in the film.

"I decided to make Uncharted a really dope crime family in the world of antiquities and art, and I think we can do something very exciting," he told the MTV Movies Blog at the Oscars.

Russell said veteran Hollywood stars Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci will "hopefully" be involved.

But he was keen to promote the casting of women.

"There's going to be romance and sex, I promise," he said. "Otherwise I'm not interested.

"I don't know if they'll let me make an R-Rated videogame movie. It'll have to be PG-13. I'll show as much skin and as much language as I can at that age, and I hope they push the limit. I heard they're going to push it a little bit."

Wahlberg, also collared by MTV, then added: "I think he was talking about Eva Mendes and maybe Scarlett Johansson. But, you know, whoever he wants."

Russell, the man behind the Oscar-nominated The Fighter, has come in for some flak from Uncharted fans over the direction he's taking the movie in while writing the script.

Russell plans to depict a Sopranos-like family with a sense of justice in the movie based on Naughty Dog's superlative PlayStation series.

"If we take that family dynamic that we have in The Fighter, and put that in terms of a grander stage, with a crime family that metes out justice in the world of art and antiquities," he said, "if you're the head of a museum, or head of state, you've got to deal with them, and they're badass.

"They're like the Sopranos in some ways, but they have great taste, and they have a sense of justice."

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Comments (46) Latest comment 1 year ago

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  • WolfForager #1 1 year ago

    These two starring in the movie would probably be the only two good things about the movie...

  • Tricky_Rich #2 1 year ago

    What a load of cock!

  • kalinichenko #3 1 year ago

    wouldn't be surprised if Zombies are added!!!
    Need to get a PS3 again and play Uncharted-Among Thieves before some douche ruins it for me.
    Edited by kalinichenko at 02/03/11 @ 16:18

  • lcmnick #4 1 year ago

    Post deleted at 12:48:44 14-04-2012

  • Andytails #5 1 year ago

    More bad news then.

    ...and on this, the day of my daughter's wedding.

  • captain_Carl #6 1 year ago

    Utterly lost for words. What the FUCK is he doing to this film? It had so much potential.

  • Ultrasoundwave #7 1 year ago

    This guy uses the word "dope" as a term of endearment and "promises sex" in the Uncharted movie.

    He knows exactly what Uncharted fans want......

    / Sarcasm. Lots of it.

  • StarchildHypocrethes #8 1 year ago

    Sounds like a huge step forward for the representation of games in film.

    /golf clap

  • Razzajazz #9 1 year ago

    It's like they just deliberately want to hurt all Uncharted fans by constantly reminding us that this film has nothing to do with why we've come to love the games. I'm all for Eva Mendes and Scarlett wherever possible, but hey, Marky Mark and David O. Russell, would you please just shut the fuck up now and make your damn film, stop rubbing our fucking noses it, thankyouverymuch.

  • AcidSnake #10 1 year ago

    I decided to make Uncharted a really dope crime family in the world of antiquities and art

    Awesome...Awesome to the max...

  • Goodfella #11 1 year ago

    Has this got anything remotely to do with the games......at all?

  • coldfoot #12 1 year ago

    I'll skip it unless the sex is between Eva Mendes and Scarlett Johanssen. Seeing Marky Mark on anything, let alone a sex scene is a turnoff.
    Edited by coldfoot at 02/03/11 @ 16:19

  • Trigga_Tybalt #13 1 year ago

    Post deleted at 15:43:01 23-02-2012

  • LR100 #14 1 year ago

    This movie deserves to bomb, but if word goes out that there'll be boobs and sex, drooling perverts everywhere will queue to throw money at it. Also, in the actual games, any sex scenes were faded out before anything really got going, like James Bond films used to do.

  • LR100 #15 1 year ago

    This movie deserves to bomb, but if word goes out that there'll be boobs and sex, drooling perverts everywhere will queue to throw money at it. Also, in the actual games, any sex scenes were faded out before anything really got going, like James Bond films used to do.

  • Triggerhappytel #16 1 year ago

    This is sounding worse by the week. Remind me again who they're trying to appeal to, because I don't see any Uncharted fans encouraged by any of these shitty decisions.

  • Murton #17 1 year ago

    I want to see Scalett Johanssons tits more than anyone, I just don't want to see them in what's supposed to be a movie adaptation of one of the best videogames of the last five years.

    I move that we start a whipround to fund our own movie and release it before he does. Nothing too flashy, just one of us (or Fillon if he's interested, would be cool if he would do it in costume too) runs up to Russel in a busy street and out of nowhere kicks him full force in the nuts. It'll be all of about 30 seconds long but every Uncharted fan would pay top dollar to see it it's high def 3D glory, it'd probably even win an award.

  • DreadedWalrus #18 1 year ago

    I don't know if they'll let me make an R-Rated videogame movie. It'll have to be PG-13

    Because as we know, Uncharted - like every videogame - is aimed squarely at kids.

  • Wilester #19 1 year ago

    A very literal "for fuck's sake" then.

  • Goodfella #20 1 year ago

    fs, give it a break. noone ever said it would be like the game... it's a film, it will probably be shite. this you should know.

    Then why bother fucking making it?

    Jesus Christ do these people learn nothing, look at the spectacular failure that was Super Mario Bros. movie, which just like all the others had virtually nothing in common with the games.
    Edited by Goodfella at 02/03/11 @ 16:47

  • GAmbrose #21 1 year ago

    @Kalinchenko

    Is that sarcasm? Because the first game did have Zombies in it...

  • Kanselier #22 1 year ago

    Sex in a movie based on a videogame!

    /homer woohoo

  • rockin_rob_1 #23 1 year ago

    sounds just like the game!

    naughty dog must be cringing seeing their baby utterly mutilated for the cinema.

  • Widge #24 1 year ago

    It has to be pg-13 otherwise the studio won't invest budget. Needs to hit as big a market as possible for a niche interest film.

  • RoaringPanda #25 1 year ago

    So he has decided the two main telling points of this film will be celebrities and sex? Where's the art?

  • cloud_ix #26 1 year ago

    now we don't need to wonder what will happen between the characters! great just keep building up the suspense....

  • darleysam #27 1 year ago

    Because all we want is boobs!

  • jefranklin18 #28 1 year ago

    Never has a movie gone from a "definitely want to see this" to a "I wouldn't even watch with the worst hangover on the planet" for me so quickly.

  • beastmaster #29 1 year ago

    Dirk will get his Diggler out. Then have Black Widow and the woman who photocopied her fine ass in The Spirit go at it. In the meantime them other 2 from Goodfellas will be swearing like troopers and popping caps in asses!

  • SeesThroughAll #30 1 year ago

    What a load of crap.
    Not interested.

  • cw- #31 1 year ago

    "I decided to make Uncharted a really dope crime family in the world of antiquities and art, and I think we can do something very exciting,"

    It's not a fucking Uncharted movie then, is it? Dick.

  • LazyNinjaUk #32 1 year ago

    He might as well have said "I'm going to mess with the original story and characters so much they'll be unrecognisable, but as a concession, here's some tits."

  • Lonewolf2002 #33 1 year ago

    @LazyNinjaUK

    I always find tits soothing tbh. :)

    Although I do hope he is joking about the direction he is taking the Uncharted name in.

  • Editos #34 1 year ago

    Seriously, what the fuck is this guy talkiing about?

    There must be some obscure game also called Uncharted that he's basing this on because is sure as fuck isnt the Uncharted series on the PS3.

  • Icebox #35 1 year ago

    This sounds like the worst thing ever.

  • Tomo #36 1 year ago

    He said "dope" didn't he? I didn't misread that, right?

  • nuanimal #37 1 year ago

    NOOO!!!

    NOOOOO!!!!!

    NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

  • Dave #38 1 year ago

    This is Max Payne all over again...

  • Scimarad #39 1 year ago

    I'm almost starting to think this is all just a massive wind up! I refuse to believe somebody can miss the point so utterly without realising it.
    Edited by Scimarad at 02/03/11 @ 20:36

  • The_Jarmez #40 1 year ago

    I'm still hoping this is just an elaborate hoax. x_x

    I just hope Wahlberg plays the games so he at least knows the character he's supposed to be playing. He didn't bother doing that with Max Payne though because he was worried that he'd get addicted to games. Fucking weeny. Should have been Fillion!

  • DrMGinius #41 1 year ago

    OMG ROMAENC AND SECKS THAT LIKE SO EDGY IM TOTALLY GOING 2 WATCH DIS MOIVE
    Edited by DrMGinius at 02/03/11 @ 23:08

  • EVERYGAMER #42 1 year ago

    *puts on best Alan Partridge voice* no no NO! STOP GETTING UNCHARTED WRONG.

  • greenllama88 #43 1 year ago

    Whereas Uncharted games have romance and subtlety

  • mushroomyakuza #44 1 year ago

    *facepalm*

  • gmjapan #45 1 year ago

    While i dont care much for a film of a game, i was quietly hoping that since Spielberg and Lucas cant do Indiana Jones for toffee anymore that a new director/team based on Uncharted could come in and fill the void since Raiders or even Last Crusade.

    Shoulda known better.

  • Mr_V #46 1 year ago

    Admit it, Eurogamer. You keep posting these articles for the same reason I keep on reading them. It's like driving past a car crash, and being unable to look away…