Yet the film continued to hit one bump in the road after another. The year 2011 is also when the Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception video game was released, elevating the game franchise to a new high point. It's just a parting of the ways creatively." Moving on without Russell, the producing trio of Arad, Roven and Gartner brought on Neil Burger (The Illusionist) as his replacement to write and direct, with Burger rewriting the script from scratch. I don't know what they want to do over there. Russell explained to THR that his take didn’t match what the studio wanted for the film, saying, "I waded into those waters of the tentpole movies, and I wrote what I wanted to write, and I feel like I wrote my vision.
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As for why Russell’s version of the film didn’t pan out, it came down to an all-too-familiar reason–creative differences.
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(Image Credit: Sony)Ģ011 - Uncharted Gets (Another) New Director: In 2011, Russell left the Uncharted movie to make what would become an acclaimed Oscar-nominated film, Silver Linings Playbook. After years of delays Wahlberg would eventually depart the project, only to return to play a different character in the version that finally got made. Actor Mark Wahlberg wound up being cast in the role of Nathan Drake, and there was talk of Robert De Niro playing Drake’s father and Joe Pesci his uncle.
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Though he never nabbed the role, Fillion would eventually give fans a glimpse at what could have been in 2018 with an Uncharted short film. A great deal of buzz built up around who would play the lead character, with many fans championing actor Nathan Fillion to star as Nathan Drake. By this point, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves had been released a year earlier in 2009 to much acclaim, further building anticipation for the film adaptation. Russell (The Fighter, American Hustle), who would write and direct the project. 2010 - A New Uncharted Writer and Director Is Found: In 2010, the Uncharted movie seemed to have taken a positive step forward, with producers Arad, Roven and Gartner starting over by teaming with David O.