Tom Holland is set to star as Nathan Drake in a live-action movie adaptation of the Uncharted video game series. Mark Walhberg will play the mentor role of Sully. It's said that shooting will kick off in about four weeks but the production is currently without a director. Travis Knight departed the project in December and Ruben Fleischer is reportedly being eyed to take his place.
In a recent interview with IGN, Holland discussed the video game movie and revealed that it is inspired by Uncharted 4: A Thief's End for the most part — and less so by the rest. The actor is more than happy with that since the fourth Uncharted game is apparently one of his favourite video games.
"If I'm honest, one of my favorite video games ever is the fourth Uncharted game... Unbelievable. And lots of the inspiration from the film has come from that game in particular," said Holland before mentioning how he became involved with the Uncharted movie in the first place.
In a recent interview with IGN, Holland discussed the video game movie and revealed that it is inspired by Uncharted 4: A Thief's End for the most part — and less so by the rest. The actor is more than happy with that since the fourth Uncharted game is apparently one of his favourite video games.
"If I'm honest, one of my favorite video games ever is the fourth Uncharted game... Unbelievable. And lots of the inspiration from the film has come from that game in particular," said Holland before mentioning how he became involved with the Uncharted movie in the first place.
It was interesting, when I sat down with [Sony Pictures Chairman] Tom Rothman and we were talking about video games, and I was like 'Oh, I've just finished Uncharted.' And he was like 'Well, why don't you play Nathan Drake?' I remember being like, 'I would do anything to play Nathan Drake. Please, that would be amazing.' So yeah, we start shooting in like four weeks. Mark Wahlberg is going to be amazing as Sully. The stunt department that we have out there in Berlin have done an amazing job already, prepping the stunts, and it's going to be an exciting one.
While the movie is certainly inspired by the games, it seems that it's less so a retelling and more so and original tale.
Holland says that the movie will feature a fresh take on the character.
It seems that mostly comes down to the Nathan Drake of the movie simply being younger than that of the video game series — as Holland explains:
"There was definitely a lot of inspiration that came from the games, but it's a very young, fresh take on the character because, obviously, we didn't get to meet him all that much when he was younger," said Holland.
"But it's a pretty awesome movie, and it's global. We travel the world, we see some amazing places, and Mark Wahlberg and I are going to have a great summer together."
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