Uncharted film set back indefinitely

By Robert Purchese Published 4 August, 2010

Hopes of a 2011 release dashed.

The Hollywood adaptation of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune has been set back indefinitely - far beyond the 2011 release Sony had planned.

That's because director David O. Russell (Three Kings) has turned the project down, reported the LA Times. The producers and Russell couldn't agree on terms, apparently.

It's back to the drawing board for now, while the hunt for a new director - and maybe a couple of stars - begins. Could Nolan North reprise his motion-captured performance? Or perhaps Nathan Drake doppelgänger Nathan Fillion may like a bash.

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune was released on PS3 in November 2007, and followed sublimely by sequel Uncharted 2: Among Thieves last Christmas. The game sits somewhere between Tomb Raider and Indiana Jones, as Sir Francis Drake descendent Nathan Drake hunts for riches in tropical locales.

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune from 2007.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds. @Clert on Twitter.

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  • Golgo #1 2 years ago

    Good news. The game is already wonderful and 'filmic' enough without some pampered Hollywood hams ruining the memory of it.

  • Derblington #2 2 years ago

    I'd be more interested in a cg movie/series, made by ND with all of the games' actors.

  • VandelayIndustries #3 2 years ago

    David O Russel though. At least they were aiming high. Who's next on the list, Paul Thomas Anderson, Spike Jonze?

  • geeza2020 #4 2 years ago

    Oh well.

    /shrugs

  • bodypopper #5 2 years ago

    A film based on a game inspired by Romancing the Stone (let's forget about Jewel of the Nile) and the Indy movies would never work.
    Part of the appeal of the games is that you get to play the hero in a movie-like world, not watch someone else doing it.
    Maybe they should just remake Romancing the Stone instead.
    Edited by bodypopper at 04/08/10 @ 11:26

  • RandomRash #6 2 years ago

    @ bodypopper

    They were good films where Michael Douglous didn't shag everyone, a remake would be good but this time with interactive 3D where they give eveyone 3D glasses and a PS3 pad

  • Shadzter #7 2 years ago

    Do any of these game to film adaptations that are only known about through PR talk for months on end ever come to fruition?

  • ParanoidZombie #8 2 years ago

    Those vapourware movies are a good thing, PR-wise: it gives your IP some luster ("it's hollywood worthy", guys), it reminds your target audience that the IP still exists, it allows you to feed gamers with some uncharted-related news, filling the gap between U2's DLC stream and U3's formal announcement. It creates buzz without having to show anything or spend any money.

    You just have to make sure that the movie never gets made, because everyone knows that the result would be mediocre, lose money and probably tarnish the reputation of everyone involved.

  • Dolly #9 2 years ago

    Just make Uncharted 3.

  • mushroomyakuza #10 2 years ago

    O Russell would not have been right for it anyway. If they're going to do this they should do it right or not at all.

    And yeah, bring us Uncharted 3. With more Sully.

  • androidave #11 2 years ago

    What's the point? Just get on and make uncharted 3 please.

  • MerricK #12 2 years ago

    Face bothered? No. Just carry on with the series don't let Hollywood ruin it ....

  • darc #13 2 years ago

    Well, they'd be silly to make the film at all at this point, unless it follows an equally successfully Uncharted 3. Uncharted and Uncharted 2 were acclaimed games, but the IP isn't going to be sufficiently recognizable by movie-goers in 2 or 3 years time. Again, unless there are equally successful sequels to the games themselves.

  • Ryze #14 2 years ago

    Tip: Cancel all movie adaptations of games.

    They ruin the public's perception of the games, as the games are often AAA while the films are terrible.

    Look what happened to Street Fighter, Hitman, Max Payne...

  • trip919 #15 2 years ago

    This is probably for the best as playing the game will always be infinitely more enjoyable then any film they could concoct.

  • kisy_uyeki #16 2 years ago

    Cool. Noadays almost all the games are passing to the screan. These one deserves. They could put an forum to choose the cast:)