Uncharted live action adaption - Starring Tom Holland and a horribly miscast Mark Wahlberg

[Internet's Boyfriend]

After 12 years of trying to get this movie off the ground, the Uncharted film adaption has unfortunately made its way out of development hell and is scheduled to hit screens July 16 2021. Fun fact: This movie has changed directors six times.

It's supposed to be a prequel to the games while revealing the origins of Nate and Sully, but they've already been over Nate's origin in the games - his archaeologist mother killed herself and his father left him and his brother at an orphanage, they find out where her old research is, discover her theory about Francis Drake's heirs and decide "fuck it, let's change our name to Drake and run away" - and while they've only touched on how Nate meet Sully, there's really no need to go into Sully's origin much further than "He's also a treasure hunter."

I came across this article, where Tom Holland says:

I read the newest draft of the script on the way here and it's one of the best scripts I've ever read, like it really, really jumps off the page. And I think what Uncharted offers that most video game films don't is that it's an origin story to the game. So, if you've played the games, you haven't seen what's going to happen in the film and if you haven't played the games, you're going to enjoy the film because it's information that everybody is getting at the same time.

Which tells me two things:

1. He's trying his best to make this film sound good(to be expected.)
2. He doesn't understand why video game movies fail.

Apparently it takes inspiration from the fourth game which in my opinion was the worst one, though that may be more because of how it plays which won't be an issue here.

Apart from Holland as Drake and Wahlberg as Sully, they've also cast Antonio Banderas, Sophia Ali, and Tati Gabrielle in unspecified roles. People are speculating that Ali is playing Chloe Fraser.

They recently released a picture of Tom as Nate:

It looks pretty good from the neck down, but I'm still not sold on him. Maybe he'll give a good performance.

 

[Red Hood]

Wow, Scott The Woz is really cranking up the production values on his sketches.

 

[Miller]

The fan film was better.

 

[HeyYou]

Even as a younger Nate, Holland just doesn't really fit appearance wise. Maybe he'll be good, though, he's already shown he can deliver quips pretty well. We haven't seen an early 20s Nate, as far as I know, and that idea would be interesting. But yeah, retconning or retelling the origins would be a disaster. Just have it be early career Nate.

 

[Denmark Mafia]

Looks gay, nothing like Drake.

 

[Dom Cruise]

I love the Nathan Drake character and want to say he could work in a movie but Tom Holland doesn't really look anything like him.

I would also rather see this time period explored in a new game and not a movie.

The fan film was better.

Why are these fan films always better than what Hollywood actually puts out?

 

[Miller]

I doubt that the miscasting will damage the franchise more than what Neil Druckmann did with U4.

Why are these fan films always better than what Hollywood actually puts out?

Because usually it's made by people who love and care about the IP.
Fillion has always said that he would love to play the character in a live-action movie. It's a shame that Sony decided to go with a quippy Iron Boy because they own Spider-Man because they want a younger audience.

 

[Picnic_Boy]

Uncharted was a movie to begin with.

 

[Dom Cruise]

Mark Wahlberg is also bad casting for Sully.

 

[keyboredsm4shthe2nd]

>12 years
>6 director changes
>videogame movie

ffs just take any budget you have out back and burn it

 

[verissimus]

Why couldn't they have found someone more gruff and a bit more built than Holland? Were Cavill, Bale, and Reynolds not available?

 

[Uncle June]

Mark Wahlberg is also bad casting for Sully.

Yeah I can tolerate Holland as Drake but Wahlberg as Sully is absolutely abysmal.

 

[Internet's Boyfriend]

Yeah I can tolerate Holland as Drake but Wahlberg as Sully is absolutely abysmal.

Originally Wahlberg was supposed to play Nate, but obviously things change when your movie takes a decade to kick off. Maybe they were contractually obligated to cast him in the movie, or maybe they felt bad that it took so long and gave him the role to make up for it.

 

[WhoBusTank69]

Making a movie based on a game that's meant to be a rip off Indiana Jones is a particular sort of desperation that's understandable but still dumb.

 

[JamFlowMan]

One of these days somebody is going to crack the code on how to make a good video game movie sort of like Marvel's blueprint for superhero movies, and just like Marvel when it happens you'll be flooded in so many video game movies it'll make you sick. Doubtful the director of Venom will be the one to do so.

 

[Idiotron]

Why are these fan films always better than what Hollywood actually puts out?

Because they don't have deadlines to hit or producers/shareholders breathing down their neck and changing things.
Fans can just do what they want.

This is a Sony cash grab so I don't expect quality but my question is this:
Is there a new game in the works?
Because if there isn't, this will bomb hard.
It could get by if it was a tie in released right after a new game because people would play the game and hopefully want more.
Right now, nobody cares.

Also, we live in a post-corona world, I'm 99% sure this this won't even go theatrical will end up on some streaming service.
I think Sony has a contract with Apple so they'll get the exclusive.

Also also, I've looked up the movies Sony is working on and they're really scraping the bottom of the barrel.
He-Man.... Metal Gear Solid.... I Know What You Did Last Summer remake.... Cleopatra (no, not the Gal Gadot one, they're making 2 of them)... another fucking Zorro movie,,, and of course, a bunch of unnecessary sequels to their successful movies (Hancock 2, really? After 13 years?).
They have announced a bunch of original movies but as I've mentioned, we live in a post-corona world so most of them will get scrapped.

 

[Miller]

Is there a new game in the works?

I hope not. Druckmann Last Jedi-d the shit out of Nate. If Naughty Dog ever makes another Uncharted then it will be about his daughter (who was originally supposed to be a boy).

 

[verissimus]

I Know What You Did Last Summer remake....

...why? Besides the last Halloween movie, who one gives a crap about contemporary horror movies these days? I'd rather see a silly horror film by James Rolfe.

 

[Marissa Moira]

There's cosplayers who look more like Nate than that one.

One of these days somebody is going to crack the code on how to make a good video game movie sort of like Marvel's blueprint for superhero movies, and just like Marvel when it happens you'll be flooded in so many video game movies it'll make you sick. Doubtful the director of Venom will be the one to do so.

There's literally no reason, games now have cinematics on par with movies. Just make the fucking game as a game and not a movie.

 

[Idiotron]

...why? Besides the last Halloween movie, who one gives a crap about contemporary horror movies these days? I'd rather see a silly horror film by James Rolfe.

Because it has a recognizable name and horror movies can be made cheaply.
I'm sure you're also happy that Scream 5 is scheduled for a 2022 release