There was reportedly some friction between Sony and Venom helmer Ruben Fleischer on the comic book movie starring Spider-Man extraterrestrial nemesis. That's why the news that Fleischer is high on the list to replace Travis Knight (Bumblebee) as the director on the Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg-led video game adaptation is a bit of a surprise.
Knight reportedly left the project because its schedule was severely condensed due to Marvel and Sony settling their differences and agreeing to another Spider-Man film set in the MCU. Sony wants to shoot Uncharted before cameras on Holland's third Spider-Man film start to roll and Knight felt he
Since the project was first announced back in 2008, directors David O. Russell, Neil Burger, Seth Gordon, Joe Carnahan, Shawn Levy, Dan Trachtenberg, and Knight were all attached- making Fleischer the 8th director to sign up. Tom Holland has signed on as the treasure-hunting protagonist of the series, Nathan Drake. The film is said to focus on the early training of Drake and will feature younger versions of the fan-favorite video game characters. As such, Wahlberg will be playing Drake's mentor, Sully. The film has been in development for so long that at one point, Wahlberg was attached to play Drake.
Knight reportedly left the project because its schedule was severely condensed due to Marvel and Sony settling their differences and agreeing to another Spider-Man film set in the MCU. Sony wants to shoot Uncharted before cameras on Holland's third Spider-Man film start to roll and Knight felt he
Since the project was first announced back in 2008, directors David O. Russell, Neil Burger, Seth Gordon, Joe Carnahan, Shawn Levy, Dan Trachtenberg, and Knight were all attached- making Fleischer the 8th director to sign up. Tom Holland has signed on as the treasure-hunting protagonist of the series, Nathan Drake. The film is said to focus on the early training of Drake and will feature younger versions of the fan-favorite video game characters. As such, Wahlberg will be playing Drake's mentor, Sully. The film has been in development for so long that at one point, Wahlberg was attached to play Drake.
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