No reason was given in the exclusive Variety report, but we're hoping for a two-word release on the subject later that simply reads "Sanity prevailed."
[Thanks, Tyler C.]
No reason was given in the exclusive Variety report, but we're hoping for a two-word release on the subject later that simply reads "Sanity prevailed."
[Thanks, Tyler C.]
Reader Comments (131)
Posted: May 26th 2011 4:43PM louiedog said
And some of you doubted the power of prayer...
Posted: May 26th 2011 4:51PM Mrguy you know that guy said
@louiedog. Not really, i just knew sony woulden't go for that piece of shit they called a screenplay.
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Posted: May 26th 2011 4:57PM ReverendTweek said
@louiedog I was actually going to say that this news is surely evidence of a higher power, and that I should mend my agnostic ways at once.
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Posted: May 26th 2011 5:25PM WildYorkies said
@Mrguy you know that guy
But it's a family! of thieves!!!
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But it's a family! of thieves!!!
Posted: May 26th 2011 5:57PM leobebes said
@Mrguy you know that guy
Wait a minute..
Since when is Sony the guardian of Shakespearean like trove of screenplays? Are you implying that the writing in the Uncharted games is top notch Hollywood style writing that should be left untouched because its purity is an automatic bonanza for any studio that dare touches it? Uncharted fanboys you may have played an excellent game, but it is by no means the greatest game of all time begging for a direct adaptation.
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Wait a minute..
Since when is Sony the guardian of Shakespearean like trove of screenplays? Are you implying that the writing in the Uncharted games is top notch Hollywood style writing that should be left untouched because its purity is an automatic bonanza for any studio that dare touches it? Uncharted fanboys you may have played an excellent game, but it is by no means the greatest game of all time begging for a direct adaptation.
Posted: May 26th 2011 6:35PM Vidikron said
@leobebes
You're missing the point. The script changed too many core elements about the main characters and what they do... that and casting Mark Wahlberg as Drake was a mistake. I think most people are perfectly fine with an oiginal story line, but if you completely change all the characters then it's no longer Uncharted.
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You're missing the point. The script changed too many core elements about the main characters and what they do... that and casting Mark Wahlberg as Drake was a mistake. I think most people are perfectly fine with an oiginal story line, but if you completely change all the characters then it's no longer Uncharted.
Posted: May 26th 2011 7:12PM metamorphic said
No more Marky Mark! Hallelujah! Now, Sony, get Nathan Fillion on this quick and you'll have the perfect Uncharted movie.
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Posted: May 26th 2011 7:13PM Mrguy you know that guy said
@lebebes
Let me stop you right there, leo.
Firstly, are YOU implying that I'm an Uncharted fanboy? News flash: I'm not. I hold the franchise in very high regard, but I'm not one of those fanboy idiots that will defend it at every turn, even for it's faults. Secondly, never did anyone on here say "sony is the guardian of shakespearean like screenplays" nor did anyone say uncharted is the greatest game ever and is begging for a live action adaptation". You just pulled that out of your ass so you could try to come up with a good counter-argument. You fail, try again.
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Let me stop you right there, leo.
Firstly, are YOU implying that I'm an Uncharted fanboy? News flash: I'm not. I hold the franchise in very high regard, but I'm not one of those fanboy idiots that will defend it at every turn, even for it's faults. Secondly, never did anyone on here say "sony is the guardian of shakespearean like screenplays" nor did anyone say uncharted is the greatest game ever and is begging for a live action adaptation". You just pulled that out of your ass so you could try to come up with a good counter-argument. You fail, try again.
Posted: May 26th 2011 7:39PM Liquidfingers said
@louiedog
what i really doubt is that they'll replace this guy with someone worthwhile. do we even really need movies based on videogames? i think not...
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what i really doubt is that they'll replace this guy with someone worthwhile. do we even really need movies based on videogames? i think not...
Posted: May 26th 2011 11:21PM Urethra Alfredo said
@leobebes
FUN FACT: Did you know that "Leobebes" is Latin for "shits on everyone's good time from a high horse of judgmental douchebaggery?"
Who says you can't learn a thing or two from reading Joystiq?
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FUN FACT: Did you know that "Leobebes" is Latin for "shits on everyone's good time from a high horse of judgmental douchebaggery?"
Who says you can't learn a thing or two from reading Joystiq?
Posted: May 26th 2011 4:43PM CBA25 said
There's hope!! XD
Posted: May 26th 2011 4:43PM The Cole Train said
OH MY GOD YES. BEST NEWS ALL DAY. I'd honestly rather have no Uncharted movie than one that is terrible and has nothing to do with the games and avoid a black mark on a great franchise.
Posted: May 26th 2011 5:19PM Lerkero said
@The Cole Train
I've seen the Uncharted movies.
They're called Uncharted: Drake's Fortune and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. I heard the next movie is going to be 3D animated and interactive just like the last two.
(seriously, Uncharted movie very unnecessary)
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I've seen the Uncharted movies.
They're called Uncharted: Drake's Fortune and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. I heard the next movie is going to be 3D animated and interactive just like the last two.
(seriously, Uncharted movie very unnecessary)
Posted: May 26th 2011 4:44PM FakeJamaican said
Joss Whedon come on down
Posted: May 26th 2011 4:52PM Mrguy you know that guy said
@FakeJamaican Now is your chance Gary Whitta.
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Posted: May 26th 2011 4:57PM Ballistic H said
@FakeJamaican
Or any director who is faithful to the source material. Are there any such directors?
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Or any director who is faithful to the source material. Are there any such directors?
Posted: May 26th 2011 5:22PM TheOtherJames said
@Vcize
"Joss Whedon + Nathan Fillion + Uncharted = ?"
The glorious birth of the spiritual successor to Firefly.
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"Joss Whedon + Nathan Fillion + Uncharted = ?"
The glorious birth of the spiritual successor to Firefly.
Posted: May 26th 2011 5:24PM Shadowbender said
@FakeJamaican
Joss Whedon is a little busy with The Avengers right now. Other than the atrocious abomination of a decision to cast Mark Wahlberg as Nathan Drake...I didn't see much of a proble with this. The family artistic treasure storyline with DeNiro and Pesci as a possibility sounded pretty interesting to me, in all honesty.
And although I question his familiarity with the Uncharted culture, he's not some hack of a director.
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Joss Whedon is a little busy with The Avengers right now. Other than the atrocious abomination of a decision to cast Mark Wahlberg as Nathan Drake...I didn't see much of a proble with this. The family artistic treasure storyline with DeNiro and Pesci as a possibility sounded pretty interesting to me, in all honesty.
And although I question his familiarity with the Uncharted culture, he's not some hack of a director.
Posted: May 26th 2011 10:50PM KGameLover1 said
@TheOtherJames
OOH! OOH!
I know!
Like you were saying...
1. Add Whedon
2. Add Fillion
3. Make a movie about Uncharted
4. ???
(This is what you forgot)
5. Profit!
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OOH! OOH!
I know!
Like you were saying...
1. Add Whedon
2. Add Fillion
3. Make a movie about Uncharted
4. ???
(This is what you forgot)
5. Profit!
Posted: May 26th 2011 4:44PM gloomcookie said
Huzzah!!!
Posted: May 26th 2011 4:45PM ironneko said
Is that light I see at the end of this long and dreary tunnel?
Posted: May 26th 2011 5:02PM Silent Intent said
@ironneko
Nah, that's just Russell's car backing out of the studio's parking garage. Is that him...crying?
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Nah, that's just Russell's car backing out of the studio's parking garage. Is that him...crying?
Posted: May 26th 2011 5:43PM SushiGummy said
@Silent Intent
I might have pelted a few rocks at him.
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I might have pelted a few rocks at him.
Posted: May 26th 2011 4:46PM Friv0lous said
perhaps he was a stranger in a strange land
Posted: May 26th 2011 4:46PM shinjix2 said
YAY!!!!
Posted: May 26th 2011 4:46PM Qelgon said
Fantastic news. Now just need mark whalberg gone and Nathan fillion in.
Posted: May 26th 2011 9:01PM i77ogical said
Seems most of you were still in footie pajamas when a little movie called Boogie Nights came out. Mark Walhberg did a good job. He was also good in The Other Guys just last year. Ripping a guy because he's not your choice for a role is just so Comic Book Guy of you all. Just chill out.
Nathan Fillion, while a very cool actor, can't "open" a movie. More than just Uncharted fans need to go see the movie in its first 2-3 weekends. It's the way it works. If you want basically an unknown actor (not to us, but to the public) to open a blockbuster movie, then why don't you petition for Steven Spielberg to take over the franchise, because someone will have to have the name on the marquee to sell a 150 million film to a studio.
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Nathan Fillion, while a very cool actor, can't "open" a movie. More than just Uncharted fans need to go see the movie in its first 2-3 weekends. It's the way it works. If you want basically an unknown actor (not to us, but to the public) to open a blockbuster movie, then why don't you petition for Steven Spielberg to take over the franchise, because someone will have to have the name on the marquee to sell a 150 million film to a studio.
Posted: May 26th 2011 9:49PM TheDarkWayne said
@i77ogical I don't think that's necessarily true, look at Transformers for example. When the first one came out, Shia LeBouf was still just "that kid from the Disney channel show". It might have had Michael Bay as a director, but I don't think he has the same cachet of Steven Spielberg, by the time the third one comes out his name probably deters people from seeing it. Similarly, Transformers seemed like a longshot that the public wouldn't buy, but gets a lot of publicity and not a little bit of a support from the fanbase that enjoyed the franchises previous entries.
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Posted: May 26th 2011 10:37PM i77ogical said
@TheDarkWayne
Michael Bay was well known by Transformers 1, having already directed huge Bruckheimer movies like Bad Boys 1 & 2, The Rock, Armageddon (and Pearl Harbor, for what that's worth), His name helped carried the film so the actor's didn't have to. (And the Transformers franchise was a sell in itself, 100x bigger than Uncharted.) For this movie to have a (relative) unknown actor in the lead role like Nathan Fillion, you'd need a much bigger producer/director at the helm. Maybe it will happen.
I get the general disgust of putting easy-sell actors like The Rock into game adaptation movies. I just don't see Mark Wahlberg as "Marky Mark," but as a guy who was in The Departed. To each his own.
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Michael Bay was well known by Transformers 1, having already directed huge Bruckheimer movies like Bad Boys 1 & 2, The Rock, Armageddon (and Pearl Harbor, for what that's worth), His name helped carried the film so the actor's didn't have to. (And the Transformers franchise was a sell in itself, 100x bigger than Uncharted.) For this movie to have a (relative) unknown actor in the lead role like Nathan Fillion, you'd need a much bigger producer/director at the helm. Maybe it will happen.
I get the general disgust of putting easy-sell actors like The Rock into game adaptation movies. I just don't see Mark Wahlberg as "Marky Mark," but as a guy who was in The Departed. To each his own.
Posted: May 27th 2011 2:24AM OnToGloryReturns said
@i77ogical
I agree, he's done a lot of fine work - including The Fighter, The Departed, and The Basketball Diaries - all of them great films.
I don't think he was the right choice for Drake. I know it's been said to death but Nathan Fillion is simply perfect for that role. Even more than that I think that Nolan North and the whole cast should be used in a live action adaptation.
Overall I agree w/one of the other posters - two Uncharted movies have already been made, and I can't wait for the third
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I agree, he's done a lot of fine work - including The Fighter, The Departed, and The Basketball Diaries - all of them great films.
I don't think he was the right choice for Drake. I know it's been said to death but Nathan Fillion is simply perfect for that role. Even more than that I think that Nolan North and the whole cast should be used in a live action adaptation.
Overall I agree w/one of the other posters - two Uncharted movies have already been made, and I can't wait for the third
Posted: May 27th 2011 2:35AM Qelgon said
@i77ogical
While ill agree boogie nights is a good film the other guys was just passable and I'm basing this on marky marks wooden acting in it. Nathan Fillion would pull in the crowds not from an uncharted point of view but his mass following from Firefly to Serenity to Castle.
Here's Nathan;s reaction to not being cast
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5091ucX4BE
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While ill agree boogie nights is a good film the other guys was just passable and I'm basing this on marky marks wooden acting in it. Nathan Fillion would pull in the crowds not from an uncharted point of view but his mass following from Firefly to Serenity to Castle.
Here's Nathan;s reaction to not being cast
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5091ucX4BE
Posted: May 27th 2011 4:32AM i77ogical said
Wanting a certain actor for an upcoming role is understandable. The thing that makes zero sense is when a gang of gamers think they can tell Hollywood how to make a movie.
A modern blockbuster is very hard to pull off. Unknown actors are placed in leading roles like 5% of the time, only when a director is big enough to draw in viewers himself. David O. Russell wasn't big enough by himself, so he needed a bankable star like Walhberg. It's not rocket science.
You're better off petitioning for a big name director who can then hire Nolan North or Nathan Fillion, 'cause an action film needs stars. Just saying, "they're idiots. They don't know what they're doing" is so much internet diarrhea. And when you have 99.5% of posters saying exactly the same thing about a topic, you know there's something wrong with it.
And The Other Guys was just passable? Wow, we're certainly too cool for school today, aren't we.
When a video game can present a believable, compelling narrative like the lamest movie from last summer, then maybe video game players can start telling Hollywood how to make movies. Narrative is the worst part of video games, even the great ones. Gamers don't know jack about story.
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A modern blockbuster is very hard to pull off. Unknown actors are placed in leading roles like 5% of the time, only when a director is big enough to draw in viewers himself. David O. Russell wasn't big enough by himself, so he needed a bankable star like Walhberg. It's not rocket science.
You're better off petitioning for a big name director who can then hire Nolan North or Nathan Fillion, 'cause an action film needs stars. Just saying, "they're idiots. They don't know what they're doing" is so much internet diarrhea. And when you have 99.5% of posters saying exactly the same thing about a topic, you know there's something wrong with it.
And The Other Guys was just passable? Wow, we're certainly too cool for school today, aren't we.
When a video game can present a believable, compelling narrative like the lamest movie from last summer, then maybe video game players can start telling Hollywood how to make movies. Narrative is the worst part of video games, even the great ones. Gamers don't know jack about story.
Posted: May 26th 2011 4:47PM Ballistic H said
YES!
