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By Collin, on May 27th, 2011

David O’Russell leaves Uncharted.

The stars are aligning and the two filmmakers, O’Russell and Hughes, that were odd choices for franchises I love (Uncharted, Akira) have left their respective movies and gone on to do other things. Sadly, Aronofksy (a hero of mine) also left Wolverine – so you take the bad with the good. Deadline reported that:

David O Russell is no longer developing Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune. He’s stepped out of the project. Since getting the Oscar accolades on The Fighter, Russell has been juggling a number of projects. Sony Pictures is getting a new writer to work from the draft done by Thomas Dean Donnelly & Joshua Oppenheimer. Studio’s still keen on the picture.

I sighed a bit of relief on this decision because he might have taken a more serious approach to the movie, which the material doesn’t warrant. Also, Mark Wahlberg, O’Russells alter-ego, might not stay on as Nathan Drake. I think Wahlberg was a weird choice and I’ve always been a champion of Nathan Fillion or Josh Duhamel as Drake.

What also annoyed me about the whole thing is people keep referring to it as an “Indiana Jones remake”. First off, Indiana Jones was a rip-off of older movies that were shown on television. Second, Indiana Jones is an archeologist and intellectual. Nathan Drake, while very smart, is far from a good comparison. His comparisons to the likes of Jack Colton (Romancing the Stone) are better.

-Collin

By Collin, on October 14th, 2010

David O Russell, Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, and holy shit who is going to play Nathan Drake???

For once, I feel like I’m a little bit of an authority on this one. The Uncharted series is one of the best ever made and they’re only on game two. Deadline reports this:

David O Russell has signed on with Sony Pictures Entertainment to rewrite and direct a movie based on the PlayStation 3 game Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune. Russell, who last directed Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale in The Fighter, takes on a vidgame that follows treasure hunter Nathan Drake.

Say whaaaat? For those who don’t know what the fuck we’re talking about: Uncharted is a video game series that follows Nathan Drake as he finds treasure and does all kinds of other Indiana Jones type stuff. The series has been compared to Tomb Raider, but I think that is just dead wrong. I think a more viable comparison is Prince of Persia mixed with Gears of War. Am I right?

Regardless, notorious douchebag David O. Russell just signed onto one of the greatest video game franchises of the modern era. ‘Uncharted 2′ was crowned best PS3 video game EVER by IGN.com as well as being crowned with the more important title: MY favorite video game.

I’m torn on whether or not I want this video game ever to reach the screen. Not because I don’t think it will be awesome – it will be – but because the film would be so easy to screw up. Rumors that Mark Wahlberg is a front-runner for the job literally makes me sick to me my stomach. Think of the fascinating mythology behind Max Payne…ruined. All ruined.

Finally, I got a little less depressed when I saw that all-around cool guy Nathan Fillion wants the part. Boya. Fillion is perfect – he’s ruggedly handsome, funny, sarcastic, manly, athletic, etc etc. His character for Firefly might even have been borrowed for Drake, who knows? But maybe an unknown would be the best option? Maybe they shouldn’t risk it? Fillion said this on his twitter, “Everyone needs to campaign for @NathanFillion for Nathan Drake.”

Done and done.

-Collin