Uncharted The Movie!

WolfForager

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http://movies.ign.com/articles/998/998629p1.html

UK, June 26, 2009 - Nathan Drake is swinging to the silver screen, with Columbia developing a feature film based on Sony Computer Entertainment and Naughty Dog's Uncharted: Drake's Fortune.

One of the PlayStation 3's early standout titles, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune is a third person action game with unrivalled charm, mixing Boys Own adventures with Tomb Raider-style exploration in a combination that earned an impressive 8.4 back in 2007.

According to a recent article on The Hollywood Reporter, the film is being penned by Kyle Ward, who is also at work on adaptations of Kane & Lynch and Hitman 2, while Avi Arad - whose credits include Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk - is heading up the production.

Nathan Drake is returning to PlayStation 3 later this year in Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, which was one of the most impressive looking titles at E3.

Dear god, it's been written by the same guy whose doing Kane & Lynch and Hitman 2... this can only be an epic failure...

NotorietyH

Ugh the games are basically movies as they are, except much more immersive. I smell an epic fail on the horizon. If they don't get the guy who voices Nathan to actually play him, it's doomed before it even starts.

I mean the latest trailer for Uncharted 2 looks better than nearly every movie trailer released in the last couple of years!

link

Otacon

Nathan Fillion tbh.

It'll probably be cack but I am the eternal optimist so...

NotorietyH

Otacon wrote: »

Nathan Fillion tbh.

It'll probably be cack but I am the eternal optimist so...

Ah yeah, I'd be okay with Nathan Fillion actually. I wouldn't be so pessimistic about the film if there was actually a good writer attached. But as it stands, I can't see it be anything other than dire.

McGrath5

NotorietyH wrote: »

Ugh the games are basically movies as they are, except much more immersive. I smell an epic fail on the horizon. If they don't get the guy who voices Nathan to actually play him, it's doomed before it even starts.

I mean the latest trailer for Uncharted 2 looks better than nearly every movie trailer released in the last couple of years!

link

That trailer does look brilliant, cant wait for this game.

Otacon

NotorietyH wrote: »

Ah yeah, I'd be okay with Nathan Fillion actually. I wouldn't be so pessimistic about the film if there was actually a good writer attached. But as it stands, I can't see it be anything other than dire.

The thing is, we know nothing about this writer. He hasn't actually written anything yet. You can't really judge him on the games' writing.

/end optimism

Niska

Well, I guess this will continue the 100% failure of game-movie adaptations...

As for Nathan, Joe Flanigan (Shephard ion Star Gate: Atlantis) looks, and sounds, just like him.

http://www.gamegrep.com/showimage.php?pos=2&newsid=17042

NotorietyH

Otacon wrote: »

The thing is, we know nothing about this writer. He hasn't actually written anything yet. You can't really judge him on the games' writing.

/end optimism

On no the games' writing was actually good, Ideally they should write the movie.

I guess I mean mean an unproven writer, one whose dragged in to do video game movies, I'm assuming to basically just write set-pieces. I'd have very little faith in the studio either trying to do anything than make a dumb action movie. I'd love to see Nathan Fillion cast, but there's no way a studio will go for him, I'm guessing someone like Jake Gylennhall, or the biggest name actor they can get who'll 'lower' themselves to doing a video game movie for the cheque so they can go off and do a 'serious' movie for scale.

I would love to be pleasantly surprised a la Pirates of the Caribbean. If Paul WS Anderson or Brett Ratner signs up to direct, we're screwed! Gore Verbinski might be a possibility though. The Bioshock movie seems to have stalled and he seems to appreciate video games.

The only kernel of hope I have is that it's Sony who are making the movie, and I can only assume they don't want to tarnish their most respected new IP by associating it with a cruddy movie. Then again, no one sets out to make a bad movie, just a profitable one.

EDIT: Just thinking though, if Sony are handing the reigns of their franchises to unproven writers it gives me hope that I'll fulfull my ambition of writing the Infamous movie :P I just have to make sure I do nothing until a few months before it's announced!

Zero-Cool

wasn't anticipating the game too much untill I saw that trailer!!!! Your right, that is better thatn a lot of movie trailers.

balls, another 50 quid i'll have to shell out!!

Glico Man

RE: The Trailer

Has to be the best looking game on PS3 ever.

I'll be shelling out for it anyway. Unfortunately never got the first one, only played the demo over and over. But the new one looks amazing and if it improves on the already excellent gameplay of the first one then it's going to be the new flagship game for Sony.

If this game doesn't move PS3s off the shelf then I will lose all hope in humanity.

Movie isn't a bad idea so long as the writer and director have the same plan. I'm a big fan of Nathan Fillion, loved the Firefly series and Serenity.

I would like to see Bryan Singer direct it. He did a great job with the X-Men films before Ratner ruined the finale and also he did The Usual Suspects...Brilliant if I do say so myself. The writer would be very hard to determine but I wouldn't mind the team he used on X-2, David Hayter (the one and only), Dan Harris and Michael Dougherty (worked on Heroes Spin-off Heroes: Origins)

bevan619

Kane and Lynch pwns. Don't know if number 2 will though.

WarZoneBrother

Ahh man I can not wait for this, but I would prefer to see it as a movie without actors (because it will ruin it) Actors in it would probably be a failure but then again it should be a bit of a change.

CutzEr

It might be good.

Sure, games of movies usually suck, but the other way around?

We'll see.

NotorietyH

CutzEr wrote: »

Sure, games of movies usually suck, but the other way around?

Super Mario Bros., Hitman, Max Payne, Resident Evil, Alone in the Dark, House of the Dead, Street Fighter, Silent Hill, Tomb Raider, Doom, DOA Dead or Alive, Double Dragon and there's more I think. I think it's pretty safe to say movies of games usually suck also.

giggsy664

NotorietyH wrote: »

Ugh the games are basically movies as they are, except much more immersive. I smell an epic fail on the horizon. If they don't get the guy who voices Nathan to actually play him, it's doomed before it even starts.

I mean the latest trailer for Uncharted 2 looks better than nearly every movie trailer released in the last couple of years!

link

Look at the making of videos in Uncharted in the extras menu. Nathans voice actor doesn't look like much of a platformer

CutzEr

NotorietyH wrote: »

Super Mario Bros., Hitman, Max Payne, Resident Evil, Alone in the Dark, House of the Dead, Street Fighter, Silent Hill, Tomb Raider, Doom, DOA Dead or Alive, Double Dragon and there's more I think. I think it's pretty safe to say movies of games usually suck also.

Damn you cork people :P

Niska

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_video_games

Super Mario Bros.: Peach-Hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen! (July 20, 1986)
Super Mario Bros. (May 28, 1993)
Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture (July 16, 1994)
Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (August 6, 1994)
Double Dragon (November 4, 1994)
Street Fighter (December 23, 1994)
Mortal Kombat (August 18, 1995)
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (November 21, 1997)
Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back (July 18, 1998)
Wing Commander (March 12, 1999)
Pokémon: The Movie 2000 - The Power of One (July 17, 1999)
Pokémon 3: The Movie - Spell of the Unown (July 8, 2000)
Shenmue: The Movie (January 20, 2001)
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (June 15, 2001)
Pokémon 4Ever - Celebi, Voice of the Forest (July 7, 2001)
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (July 21, 2001)
Resident Evil (March 15, 2002)
Pokémon Heroes (July 13, 2002)
Pokémon: Jirachi Wishmaker (July 19, 2003)
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (July 25, 2003)
House of the Dead (October 10, 2003)
Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys (July 22, 2004)
Resident Evil: Apocalypse (September 10, 2004)
Alone in the Dark (January 28, 2005)
Air (February 5, 2005)
Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew (July 16, 2005)
Final Fantasy VII Advent Children (September 14, 2005)
Doom (October 21, 2005)
BloodRayne (January 6, 2006)
Forbidden Siren (February 9, 2006)
Silent Hill (April 21, 2006)
Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea (July 15, 2006)
Dead or Alive (September 15, 2006)
Dōbutsu no Mori (Animal Crossing) (December 16, 2006)
Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai (July 14, 2007)
Clannad (September 15, 2007)
BloodRayne II: Deliverance (September 18, 2007)
Resident Evil: Extinction (September 21, 2007)
Hitman (November 21, 2007)
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (January 11, 2008)
OneChanbara (April 26, 2008)
Postal (May 23, 2008)
Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior (July 19, 2008)
Far Cry (October 2, 2008)
Max Payne (October 16, 2008)
Resident Evil: Degeneration (December 17, 2008)
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (February 27, 2009)

Apart from the Street Fighter II animated movie, which was pretty decent (and not just because of the Chun Li fan service...), is there a decent, let alone good, movie in that list...?

NotorietyH

CutzEr wrote: »

Damn you cork people :P

I find myself saying that almost every day too :P

Zero-Cool

NotorietyH wrote: »

Super Mario Bros., Hitman, Max Payne, Resident Evil, Alone in the Dark, House of the Dead, Street Fighter, Silent Hill, Tomb Raider, Doom, DOA Dead or Alive, Double Dragon and there's more I think. I think it's pretty safe to say movies of games usually suck also.

Super Mario Bros the movie f****** rocked man! Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo (however its spelled) was genius. Dinosaurs dancing and oh ya, I just remembered who played Bowser!! classic, classic film.

back on topic, for uncharted the movie, they will probably get Matthew McConaughey and pair him up with Kate Hudson who go hunting for treasure together but get chased by pirates who want the same treas.......oh wait...

ColonelCarnage

Niska wrote: »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_video_games

Super Mario Bros.: Peach-Hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen! (July 20, 1986)
Super Mario Bros. (May 28, 1993)
Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture (July 16, 1994)
Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (August 6, 1994)
Double Dragon (November 4, 1994)
Street Fighter (December 23, 1994)
Mortal Kombat (August 18, 1995)
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (November 21, 1997)
Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back (July 18, 1998)
Wing Commander (March 12, 1999)
Pokémon: The Movie 2000 - The Power of One (July 17, 1999)
Pokémon 3: The Movie - Spell of the Unown (July 8, 2000)
Shenmue: The Movie (January 20, 2001)
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (June 15, 2001)
Pokémon 4Ever - Celebi, Voice of the Forest (July 7, 2001)
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (July 21, 2001)
Resident Evil (March 15, 2002)
Pokémon Heroes (July 13, 2002)
Pokémon: Jirachi Wishmaker (July 19, 2003)
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (July 25, 2003)
House of the Dead (October 10, 2003)
Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys (July 22, 2004)
Resident Evil: Apocalypse (September 10, 2004)
Alone in the Dark (January 28, 2005)
Air (February 5, 2005)
Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew (July 16, 2005)
Final Fantasy VII Advent Children (September 14, 2005)
Doom (October 21, 2005)
BloodRayne (January 6, 2006)
Forbidden Siren (February 9, 2006)
Silent Hill (April 21, 2006)
Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea (July 15, 2006)
Dead or Alive (September 15, 2006)
Dōbutsu no Mori (Animal Crossing) (December 16, 2006)
Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai (July 14, 2007)
Clannad (September 15, 2007)
BloodRayne II: Deliverance (September 18, 2007)
Resident Evil: Extinction (September 21, 2007)
Hitman (November 21, 2007)
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (January 11, 2008)
OneChanbara (April 26, 2008)
Postal (May 23, 2008)
Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior (July 19, 2008)
Far Cry (October 2, 2008)
Max Payne (October 16, 2008)
Resident Evil: Degeneration (December 17, 2008)
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (February 27, 2009)

Apart from the Street Fighter II animated movie, which was pretty decent (and not just because of the Chun Li fan service...), is there a decent, let alone good, movie in that list...?

How about tomb raider movie, max payne and resident evils were all decent movies (not great but decent) where as street fighter film is generally one of the ****ter ones on that list

Helix

at least its not uwe boll...

NotorietyH

ColonelCarnage wrote: »

How about tomb raider movie, max payne and resident evils were all decent movies (not great but decent) where as street fighter film is generally one of the ****ter ones on that list

I didn't see Resident Evil, but Max Payne was one of the worst movies I've ever seen. I hated it. I can barely remember Tomb Raider it was so forgettable, but I remeber being bored and thoroughly unimpressed! Didn't see the second one though.

Helix

the resident evils werent as bad as they couldve been tbh. theyre definitely watchable

uncharted could make a really, really bloody good movie franchise though

Glico Man

Niska wrote: »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_video_games

Super Mario Bros.: Peach-Hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen! (July 20, 1986)
Super Mario Bros. (May 28, 1993)
Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture (July 16, 1994)
Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (August 6, 1994)
Double Dragon (November 4, 1994)
Street Fighter (December 23, 1994)
Mortal Kombat (August 18, 1995)
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (November 21, 1997)
Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back (July 18, 1998)
Wing Commander (March 12, 1999)
Pokémon: The Movie 2000 - The Power of One (July 17, 1999)
Pokémon 3: The Movie - Spell of the Unown (July 8, 2000)
Shenmue: The Movie (January 20, 2001)
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (June 15, 2001)
Pokémon 4Ever - Celebi, Voice of the Forest (July 7, 2001)
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (July 21, 2001)
Resident Evil (March 15, 2002)
Pokémon Heroes (July 13, 2002)
Pokémon: Jirachi Wishmaker (July 19, 2003)
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (July 25, 2003)
House of the Dead (October 10, 2003)
Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys (July 22, 2004)
Resident Evil: Apocalypse (September 10, 2004)
Alone in the Dark (January 28, 2005)
Air (February 5, 2005)
Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew (July 16, 2005)
Final Fantasy VII Advent Children (September 14, 2005)
Doom (October 21, 2005)
BloodRayne (January 6, 2006)
Forbidden Siren (February 9, 2006)
Silent Hill (April 21, 2006)
Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea (July 15, 2006)
Dead or Alive (September 15, 2006)
Dōbutsu no Mori (Animal Crossing) (December 16, 2006)
Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai (July 14, 2007)
Clannad (September 15, 2007)
BloodRayne II: Deliverance (September 18, 2007)
Resident Evil: Extinction (September 21, 2007)
Hitman (November 21, 2007)
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (January 11, 2008)
OneChanbara (April 26, 2008)
Postal (May 23, 2008)
Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior (July 19, 2008)
Far Cry (October 2, 2008)
Max Payne (October 16, 2008)
Resident Evil: Degeneration (December 17, 2008)
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (February 27, 2009)

Apart from the Street Fighter II animated movie, which was pretty decent (and not just because of the Chun Li fan service...), is there a decent, let alone good, movie in that list...?

Far Cry?! WTF were you thinking Uwe Boll??

How the hell did he think that would workout? Im actually lost for words for that one