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[Ballthyrm]

Sony just lost its best shot at breaking the video game movie curse.

PlayStation Boards Sony Pic ‘Uncharted’ With Tom Holland; Studio Closing In On Director After Dan Trachtenberg Exits

PlayStation Boards Sony Pic 'Uncharted' With Tom Holland; Studio Closing In On Director After Dan Trachtenberg Exits

deadline.com

Out of all the directors out-there, he was probably the one who could understand what the games were about.
It tell you a lot of what's going on behind the scene, probably way too many cooks in the kitchen.

PS: Let me remind you, he directed this

 

[Azelover]

It's like there's a little dark cloud over Sony right now.

Hopefully we're gonna see how far that goes..

 

[EverydayBeast]

I think the movie gets made regardless.

 

[Ballthyrm]

I think the movie gets made regardless.

The question now is, how much will it suck ?

 

[theHFIC]

There have been so many video games that have successfully been turned in to movies that I am sure directors will be knocking down Sony's door for the chance to continue that tradition of excellence.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

With Tom Holland as Nathan Drake I'd run away as far as my legs took me.

 

[Petrae]

Just like Double Dragon, by the time this pile of goatshit (It’s a video game movie, after all) hits theaters, the source material will be far from relevant.

Naughty Dog seems content to have moved away from Uncharted, and the IP was admittedly well past time to be retired.

 

[EverydayBeast]

The question now is, how much will it suck ?

Gaming movies make no sense to me anyway with better cutscenes, depth to story telling etc.

 

[bitbydeath]

Shame about Dan, he seemed like a good fit.

This is interesting though.

A new development is that this film will become the first feature production of Sony PlayStation Productions

 

[ruvikx]

Just like Double Dragon, by the time this pile of goatshit (It’s a video game movie, after all) hits theaters, the source material will be far from relevant.

Naughty Dog seems content to have moved away from Uncharted, and the IP was admittedly well past time to be retired.

I agree with the fact video game movies are crap, but I don't get the whole "Uncharted was well past time to be retired" stuff. What about Super Mario? Zelda? Metal Gear Solid? Assassin's Creed? Far Cry? Resident Evil? Final Fantasy? Splinter Cell (which fans are begging for a return)? Should they all be retired? i.e. Uncharted was a rollercoaster third person shooter with a charismatic main character, globetrotting & lots of humor. I say there's plenty of room in the gaming market for lots more Nathan Drake adventures.

 

[M.W.]

Uwe Boll, you're up

 

[BusierDonkey]

Didn't they already make four Uncharted movies?

 

[Woo-Fu]

Didn't they already make four Uncharted movies?

This is just the process of reducing them to 24FPS to make them more cinematic.

 

[Atrus]

How I imagine this movie is being handled:

“We need Nathan to race his souped up muscle car across the island. That’s so ‘on target’ right now with those killer fast and furious movies and GM is paying for placement. The killing? Yeah no, we can’t have any on screen kills and Sully can’t smoke or say anything misogynistic. In fact we got a 3 death limit for the film, monsters not withstanding.

Any way we can change this Elena character to a guy? Allen maybe? I think that would test well. In fact, ditch the island locale entirely since the costs for that bring the budget up quite a ways. Can he find the treasure in Georgia or something?”

 

[sol_bad]

Just like Double Dragon, by the time this pile of goatshit (It’s a video game movie, after all) hits theaters, the source material will be far from relevant.

Naughty Dog seems content to have moved away from Uncharted, and the IP was admittedly well past time to be retired.

It would not have been a pile of goatshit if Dan had directed it. Do we know why he exited?

 

[SonGoku]

Sony just shot themselves in the foot.

I don't know how much the rest of you know about VGs movie adaptation culture (I'm an expert), but honor and shame are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in Hollywood where you can become successful by being an asshole. If you screw a VG Movie director, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.
What this means is the gaming public, after hearing about this, is not going to want to purchase tickets for the Uncharted movie, nor will they purchase any of Sony's games. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but Sony has alienated an entire market with this move.

Sony, publicly apologize and hire back Dan Trachtenberg for the Uncharted movie or you can kiss your business goodbye.

 

[BusierDonkey]

This is just the process of reducing them to 24FPS to make them more cinematic.

I watched the first three on my PS3, they were already running in cinematic mode.

 

[MrCunningham]

Uwe Boll, you're up

Do it, Sony!

How long has the Uncharted movie been in development for? I swear development was original announced back in 2009, or so. It also reminds me of the never ending development hell the Halo movie has been in. Or the often talked about Metal Gear Solid movie.

 

[CJY]

SonyPE seems to have major issues getting films into production. It's bizarre really.

 

[Vawn]

SonGoku just shot himself in the foot.

I don't know how much the rest of you know about beating a meme into the ground (I'm an expert), but repeating the same schtick over and over is a huge part of it.

 

[YukiOnna]

I still want Nathan FIllion...

 

[makaveli60]

Sony just shot themselves in the foot.

I don't know how much the rest of you know about VGs movie direction culture (I'm an expert), but honor and shame are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in Hollywood where you can become successful by being an asshole. If you screw a VG Movie director, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.
What this means is the gaming public, after hearing about this, is not going to want to purchase tickets for the Uncharted movie, nor will they purchase any of Sony's games. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but Sony has alienated an entire market with this move.

Sony, publicly apologize and hire back Dan Trachtenberg for the Uncharted movie or you can kiss your business goodbye.

I will never get tired of this meme.

 

[Randall365]

It should never have been an origin story with a child in it in the first place. Get some grizzled old hunk of coal in there like Norm Macdonald as Sully- maybe Chris Pratt as Nathan and basically just rip off Indiana Jones with a lot more killing.

 

[Aggelos]

 

[Birdo]

This film has gone through five directors now.

Something isn't right at Castle Sony.

 

[Zerit0gi]

I need someone to create a thread (I cant create it by myself 'cos I don't have the permissions yet) to comment on what the director of It2 said a few days ago.
He said that he would like to make The shadow of the Colossus movie and that although there is nothing ... every so often he tries to revive the project.


The interview is in spanish. It starts at 2:48


Help this to go viral or something.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

We don't need video game movies guys.

Almost all are junk. Probably the only one that is kind of ok is the I think the original MK movie.

Games and movies don't mix. Movie makers trying to take gaming elements to the big screen never seems to work as gaming can be nerdy and still fun. But that translates to cheesy awful movies. Taking a cool gaming setting can also lead movie makers to dumbed it down more so it hits PG ratings kind of thing..... SF Van Damme movie was terrible beyond belief.

The best bet for a legitimate games-to-movie transition is probably taking Battlefield or Call of Duty and making a serious military movie with no stupid shit in it. R-rated.

 

[Esppiral]

Reminds me of the splinter cell movie...

 

[Mattyp]

With Tom Holland as Nathan Drake I'd run away as far as my legs took me.

Yep they blew it the moment they put this midget in.

 

[megamerican]

Imagine losing Uncharted and Spiderman within the same month. I know Tom technically isn't off the project yet but let's be real this isn't gonna happen.

The Bradley Cooper Robert Deniro thing with that arty director sounded great but all the whiny cocksmokers ruined it.

 

[MrCunningham]

I need someone to create a thread (I cant create it by myself 'cos I don't have the permissions yet) to comment on what the director of It2 said a few days ago.
He said that he would like to make The shadow of the Colossus movie and that although there is nothing ... every so often he tries to revive the project.


The interview is in spanish. It starts at 2:48


Help this to go viral or something.

Hmmm... I just saw It : Chapter Two, and to be honest I didn't think as was as good as the first one. But the movie was directed fairly well. he is also set to direct the Attack on Titan movie. Interesting.

I find it interesting that Sony Pictures haven't really taken advantage of SCE's game licenses yet. But, maybe they do have problems with getting these started. like The Uncharted movie. The Shadow of the Colossus would be interesting.

Warner Bros. has been testing the waters with some of the WB Interactive game licensed. They had that weird Rampage movie, which WB Interactive owns the license too from their bout out of the Midway/ Atari games/ Williams classic library. With the exception of the sports games, that were bought out by EA. New Line is making a new Mortal Kombat movie. New Line is owned by WB.

 

[MrCunningham]

Yep they blew it the moment they put this midget in.

Maybe Sony signed a multi-picture deal with Tom Hardy and they are just trying to burn through his contract? They are making a Venom 2, right? I swear they had plans for some kind of Venom universe?

 

[IbizaPocholo]

Travis Knight To Direct Tom Holland In Sony’s ‘Uncharted’

Travis Knight To Direct Tom Holland In Sony's 'Uncharted' Film Based On PlayStation Game

deadline.com

 

[xrnzaaas]

I give him 3 months.

 

[FranXico]

What should have been.

 

[xrnzaaas]

What should have been.

True, I always rushed through young Drake levels in the Uncharted games, because I didn't find them interesting. Old(er) Drake is the best Drake.

 

[IbizaPocholo]

'Uncharted' Eyeing To Begin Filming In February In Berlin (EXCLUSIVE)

We have learned that Sony's 'Uncharted' film is eyeing to begin filming in February 2020 in Berlin, Germany. Sony Pictures has went through a number of

discussingfilm.net

 

[The Alien]

I certainly have my doubts about how good this gonna be.

On their 4th director? Sony must be up pepples butt about what type of movie they want.

Tom Holland as Drake? I like him and all, but dont think he's the best choice for the role.

 

[SirKicksalot]

I watched Bumblebee last week. This Travis guy's really good at shot composition and movement. He's easily the best of all directors this movie had. Hopefully he brings John Cena to play that older guy with the mustache, he was incredibly funny in Bumblebee.

 

[SurprisedPikachu]

This is just the process of reducing them to 24FPS to make them more cinematic.

I know movies have a ridiculously low frame rate, but god damn there's no reason for it to be that low.

 

[Boss Mog]

I can't see this being any good with tom holland, I like him, but not as drake.

In all honesty this is the only drake I'd accept:

 

[Gavin Stevens]

Hollywood has yet to understand the magic of Fillion, and that pisses me off no end...

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Reminder to Sony: Ratchet & Clank The Movie.

 

[Grinchy]

No matter how much I like videogames, I just don't seem to have ever cared whatsoever about their crossover into film.

Until it gets proven otherwise, I'm not sure if it's even possible to make a good one.

 

[VFXVeteran]

Well, I know Witcher is going to be a hit on Netflix. Netflix seems to really have their shit together.

 

[IbizaPocholo]

Mark Wahlberg Joins Tom Holland in ‘Uncharted’ Movie (EXCLUSIVE)

Mark Wahlberg is in final talks to co-star with Tom Holland in "Uncharted," Sony's upcoming adaptation of the hit video game.

variety.com

 

[MMaRsu]

mark "boring ass actor" wahlberg great the sign of a dope movie

 

[IbizaPocholo]

Tom Holland Says Uncharted Has a Solution to the Video Game Movie Problem - IGN

Tom Holland says Uncharted has a solution to the video game movie problem.

www.ign.com

 

[MaxB]

The attachment of Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg is enough of a sign that this movie will be shit. Too bad, since I’m a fan of the games. Should have cast Nathan Fillon. He’s still young enough to do the role some justice.

 

[TGO]

It's like there's a little dark cloud over Sony right now.

Hopefully we're gonna see how far that goes..

Will Smith’s ‘Bad Boys 3’ Races Toward More Box Office Milestones

'Bad Boys For Life' is still on track to be the first "new" January release to ever earn over $200 million domestic.

www.forbes.com

‘Jumanji: The Next Level’ Crosses $300 Million Mark in North America

Sony Pictures' sequel "Jumanji: The Next Level" has crossed the $300 million milestone after 63 days of release in North American release.

variety.com

Really dude?