Neil Burger, the new director attached to the Uncharted movie, has been talking to Crave Online and they asked all the right questions.
First, they queried Burger on the old script – would he be using David O’ Russell’s screenplay?
No, I haven’t seen his screenplay on it. Mainly we’re beginning from scratch and going back to the videogame. Because there’s a lot of cool stuff, actually, from the videogame.
Goodbye Drake’s dad! Seeya ‘Sopranos feel’! Au revoir father/son relationships! Unlike Russell, Burger seems to have played the games as he said,
It’s really one of the most cinematic videogames, and one that has really developed characters. So, you know, there’s a lot of cool, really intense things that, if they work for the film’s story, I want to use them.
David O. Russell’s take on Drake and chums was ‘a family that’s a force to be reckoned with in the world of international art and antiquities… [a family] that deals with heads of state and heads of museums and meets out justice’. How does Burger view Uncharted?
Uncharted is very much up to the minute, of the moment. It’s very “now” and contemporary and it has this sort of rough and very intense feel that a movie like The Bourne Identity has. It’s really up to date in its own way. The Bourne Identity isn’t your father’s Cold War movie and this is a very different kind of treasure hunt movie.
It’s very real and it has kind of an insane, wild feeling that comes out of the character; Nate being this con man and a bit of a hustler, living by his wits,ballsy and capable of anything.
By now you should all be throwing your hats in the air and dancing on tables.
Source: Crave Online
RudeAwakening
Best news all year!
Smallville2106
This is good news but I still think that this will be a disappointing movie when it arrives. It just won’t live up to the games. The traversing etc and exploration just won’t work IMO.
Kev
I like his comments and it clearly shows he knows what makes Drake so great … so the sensible thing would be to use all the actos from the game and make a film, don’t you think?
It would maintain the continuity and we already know they cast work.
btime
that would certainly get him hired if i was in charge of it!
still, i wont be expecting much from it, as this kind of film is usually more Blockbusters than Block Buster.
GTRsannin
That is really good news
KeRaSh
I just hope they keep Nathan Fillion out of this.
Darksidesystems
David Borneaz (angel) or Matt Damon (melted puppet)? If you could only choose 1, which would play Drake?…
Rad4Life
Had to stop reading this in order to dance my ass off in celebration. This is such good news. An Uncharted movie has the potential to shatter the video game/movie stigma but the exact opposite was happening. This guy seems to know his stuff. Now let’s get Nathan Fillon in as Drake and make history. HUGE thumbs up!
cc_star
Not sure what’s to cheer
Movies tied to games (just like games tied to movies) are dreadful
Sure Uncharted’s story & characters are involving… for a game. the interactivity makes you invest in the characters more, therefore a fairly shallow plot with better than usual voice acting seems like the bees knees compared to other games, but compared to other movies, actual proper films I just can’t see it.
O’ Russel & his desire to separate it from the game, whilst maintaining characters & theme was the best thing going for this movie & now I fear it will just be the usual videogame/movie crossover pile of shite.
Mick939
Do you see life in sepia?
cam_manutd
Hurrah *clangs casket*