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[loaf of bread]

Hire Chris Pratt to play Drake. Make an Indiana Jones movie but set in the present. Done.

 

[Jest Chillin]

Pretty sure they were referring to RE in terms of box office success.

That the article states "rather than slash the budget... take the project in a new direction.."

Suggests he's not talking about box office success.

 

[Gambit 1138]

"Tom Rothman"

"new creative direction"

...

welp.

exactly

 

[Jigorath]

Let this shit die please.

 

[The Abominable Snowman]

I knew someone from college that was working on this film. *sends Facebook message to see if they're OK*

 

[davepoobond]

was Seth Gordon a good choice anyway?

 

[X05]

And so Rothman's reign of terror begins.

 

[ryseing]

We're getting a DTV Uncharted flick.

 

[Not]

Man, they just can't get video game movies right, huh

 

[Miroku129]

how hard is it to just copy the game

 

[Penguin]

I see some reports saying that they are still hoping for their June 2016 date.... which seems aggressive optimistic or pessimitic

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Hire Chris Pratt to play Drake. Make an Indiana Jones movie but set in the present. Done.

didn't they offer the role to him and he said he wasn't interested?

Smart man.

 

[Fancy Clown]

I hope that direction is "development hell". Although I suppose that wouldn't be new for it...

 

[industrian]

Why not just get Uwe Boll?

Unless they've found a new tax loophole they can abuse, I don't think that'll happen.

 

[Cheat Code]

Just put all the funds into The Last of Us because I want to see Maisie Williams as Ellie.

 

[Walpurgis]

Remember the good old days when the guy from Limitless was directing this? Good times.

 

[Bad_Boy]

just get bradley cooper to make a new indiana jones and call it uncharted.

 

[Lebron]

Eh, it was bound to be terrible whatever the direction they went. They really need to stop trying to turn games into movies. All they manage to do is shed light on how terrible the actual story and premise are.

 

[Dugna]

Wait, what's the point of making a movie out of this? Uncharted is already like a playing a movie so why not just advertise that and not waste money on this?

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Just use the Uncharted 4 assets and make it a CG movie like Ratchet.

This movie hinged on some kind of star power, which is why you had people like Marky Mark, Chris Pratt and Bradley Cooper attached. Stripped down to it's core and compared to other movies rather than video games, Uncharted is a pretty generic story with fairly generic characters.

 

[WaffleTaco]

How fucking hard is it to make a movie...I would consider it a bit more difficult if it was something like Microsoft or Nintendo where there would be issue over rights but...Sony is a goddamn movie company, they either don't care or don't want to make it.

 

[Plasticine]

Paul WS Anderson to direct.

Milla Jovovich to star at Natalie Drake.

Play up the mutated Nazi creatures angle.

It'll be a better Uncharted movie than this miserable world deserves.

 

[NateDrake]

An uncharted direction if you will.

Not bad.

 

[Seraphis Cain]

They stuck an ad in front of a trailer... it's not the actual trailer.

Did you watch the whole thing? The ad is part of the trailer. Seriously, it goes from the smiling people holding up Sony devices saying "this is my world" to Alice standing on top of a building saying "this is my world".

 

[-MD-]

Resident Evil movies are awesome.

The first 2 were alright then it got really really bad.

 

[Prototype Viktor]

Seems like they're worried and want to go cheaper. I saw on twitter one reporter saying Rothman thought the series would be more in line with Resident Evil, while others want this to be Sony's Indiana Jones.

Lock if old.

http://www.thewrap.com/seth-gordon-exits-uncharted-at-sony-as-studio-charts-new-direction/

Either way RE always made Sony money on each film

 

[Lord Error]

This movie is never coming out.

Thankfully.

Let's hope the TLOU movie is killed too. Sorry Druckmann.

It's highly unlikely that Druckmann is genuinely excited by the prospects of either of those two movies.

 

[Crud]

Just don't do it. The games are too good. The film will never be as fun as the game.

 

[Maximus.]

With an attitude like that, no wonder game adaptations are shit. Fuck Rothman. Annoyed he has say with the Spider-Man reboot too.

 

[bananafactory]

There's no point in making a movie on this franchise

The games are basically a playable version of Indiana Jones films

So instead of a poor man's Indiana Jones movie, you end up with a poor man's Indiana Jones movie that is based on a game

 

[Mariolee]

It's highly unlikely that Druckmann is genuinely excited by the prospects of either of those two movies.

Isn't he writing the Last of Us one?

 

[Relativ9]

Is the new direction actually making the damn thing? Cause call me crazy but I'd kind of prefer that to talking about making it for another 5 years.

 

[Two Words]

They are working on a time machine so they can cast a younger Nate FIllion

 

[RoadHazard]

Just don't make this. Please. It's gonna be so shit.

 

[Rembrandt]

If they go in the resident evil style, it'll probably be better than the indiana jones lite style it was destined to be in.

 

[plasmawave]

If you're not gonna do it properly you might as well not bother with it at all.

 

[Skux]

Is there a downgrade for movies?

Uncharted has all the trappings of a Hollywood blockbuster and should be produced as such.

 

[SuperEpicMan]

The amount of time this has been in development is kinda crazy, its not like some hugely complex narrative which could be hard to adapt. All they have to do is spend a little bit of time adapting the game into a workable script, hire a likeable actor for Drake, and pick a director who isn't complete shit. Its not like they are trying to making a movie based on House of Leaves lol

 

[industrian]

Give it to Stephen Sommers and hire a likeable attractive dude like Chris Pratt or Chris Pine as Drake.

 

[NeloAnjelo]

If you had to choose a punishment which one would it be? RE 6 or the last RE film?

Puke.

 

[Mr. Pointy]

Tom Rothman's up to his old tricks.

 

[zorlaczerohero]

Get these guys, it'll all be good.

 

[Jawmuncher]

Maybe that uncharted which had it being about a family of heisters wouldn't have been so bad.

 

[RubberJohnny]

I look forward to the 1-minute-long Uncharted trailer that shows nothing but people holding up Sony products for the first 30 seconds.

Source: yes, this is a real trailer for Resident Evil: Retribution.

I can't quite believe this.

 

[andycapps]

Let this shit die please.

. Last of Us would probably be easier to make.

 

[IAmRandom31]

Uncharted should be a really easy movie to make.

 

[riotous]

Did you watch the whole thing? The ad is part of the trailer. Seriously, it goes from the smiling people holding up Sony devices saying "this is my world" to Alice standing on top of a building saying "this is my world".

Ah I had the sound off; it's still just an ad, but a weird hybrid ad that uses the same line as the trailer that follows it.

 

[Busty]

Even last year when Pascal was in charge Sony weren't sure if they wanted this to be a star driven franchise or whether the 'brand' could be strong enough to exist with a relative unknown in the lead.

The studio was said to be courting Mark Wahlberg and Bradley Cooper at various points and they actually went as far as to offer Chris Pratt well over $10 million to headline the franchise.

Though I'm no fan of Rothman I don't think that the idea of a more 'modest' Uncharted film is that offensive. If the studio can get an interesting director onboard with some familiarity with the series and let them do their thing it could still work as a 'Resident Evil' sized film that could build to larger sequels.

Of course, with Rothman at the helm all of that seems like a long shot now.

I see some reports saying that they are still hoping for their June 2016 date.... which seems aggressive optimistic or pessimitic

The studio will keep Uncharted there as a placeholder for the date and then they'll simply stick another film of theirs in its place.

 

[Liquidsnake]

Isn't it weird that movies based on games are just as bad as games based on movies?

 

[Broken Joystick]

Just film Tomb Raider again but with a dude.

Done.