News concerning the 'Uncharted' Movie

 

The long-awaited Uncharted movie is officially moving forward with director Shawn Levy at the helm. It’s still early days, but thanks to a new interview screenwriter Joe Carnahan has outlined the creative thinking behind the adaptation and, specifically, which elements of Nathan Drake’s history will be carried over onto the silver screen.

First up, Carnahan reflects on his early meetings with Levy, and how the creative pair have referred to Raiders of the Lost Ark as an example of a swashbuckling hero. But Nathan Drake is a treasure hunter first and foremost, and here Carnahan describes him as the anti-Indy in the sense that both Drake and his old pal Sully aren’t necessarily the archetypal good guys.

He said “I can tell you that Shawn Levy and I sat down last weekend, he has fantastic knowledge. I think he understands, we both have tremendous fondness for Raiders, and he wants to, I think Shawn’s capable of doing a lot of things. I can tell you this: what I’ve written is very anti-Indy in the sense of the guy that loves museums and wants to preserve these artifacts. He’s not! He’s a thief and he’s a grifter, and he’s a scourge. He and Sully are not good guys but they’re better than the bad guys. It’s a game, you know, they’re certainly rogues. Certainly the signet ring. The harvest magnet, the whole Francis Drake legend, and his parentage, his lineage. I thought that was important. You’re dealing with a guy who’s an orphan, and I came at it that way—what’s some of the things that are important to someone who’s an orphan?”

Sony’s Uncharted movie is without a release date for now.