The Uncharted movie has been in the works for a LONG time. It has seen a number of different directors, writers, and actors attached to the production but pretty much all of them bailed due to how long it was taking to get the wheel rolling on the movie. Now it seems the movie is finally happening and has a writer and director locked in!
The only question is when the hell are we getting it? Sony recently pulled the movie off their release schedule so it seems to be up in the air but director Shawn Levy gave some hints at how far off the film is and the answer may surprise you!
I’ve been interested in this project for years. I’ve played and loved every iteration of the game. I think it’s largely a popularly accepted notion that it’s as cinematic a game as we’ve had, maybe ever, certainly of late. And it’s cinematic in that it’s not only wildly visual, but it’s really rooted in character and a very specific tone and a sense of fun, right? When is the last great, fun, fucking action-dynamic, treasure-hunting movie? Right? It’s not Indiana Jones, it’s not National Treasure; it’s very specific, it’s all kind of anchored in Nathan’s tone.
So I’ve been interested in it, and I’ve just been quietly letting people know I’ve been interested in it, but other people have been involved, I’ve been busy, and a moment finally appeared recently where I was like, “Me! Okay, me!” Sony and the producers involved were like, “Yeah, that actually makes perfect sense.” I’m like, “Yeah! That’s what I’ve been saying for a little while.”
I am unabashedly thrilled to be making that next year.
Wait, what?! Shawn Levy just casually revealed that the movie is going into full production next year. He continued by adding it his next project despite being involved with dozens of things including Stranger Things season 2. Levy also confirmed that the movie is going to begin shooting sometime this spring or summer.
Yes, that’s my next project. Normally, as a director, you’re attached to something—I know of at least one director in this room—it’s like, the dance we always do is, “Oh, I’m attached to this,” and then you look at my IMDb page and it looks like I’m making 19 movies.
Uncharted, I am not messing around. I am so committed to this thing and I’m in it on the script level with Joe Carnahan, who knows what he’s doing; that’s been a really frickin’ fun collaboration.
You’re not filming before March?
I’m definitely not filming before March. The goal is to film in the late spring, early summer.
Levy also touched on the casting of the film saying he's heard basically every suggestion for the role of Nathan Drake and said they are still talking about it internally.
I’ve been pitched everyone. God bless you, Twitter, but I made a joke that, “You’re saving me the money of hiring a casting director, Twitter,” because from Nikolaj [Coster-Waldau] to Oscar Isaac, [Nathan] Fillion, everyone that you would, [Chris] Pratt, Chris Evans, Chris Pine, I mean the suggestions are…
So it’s every actor that’s out there.
Levy: It’s every actor who is ruggedly handsome, which is to say every movie star, and who looks anything like the square-jawed, chiseled-featured Drake. I’m not actually going to base my casting on Twitter suggestions. Maybe I’ve even said the name in this room; who knows?
Eventually, if people keep suggesting ideas and actors, one of them will prove to be true. We’re very hard at work on the script right now
So there you have it! Given the time frame of the production, we can probably assume we will see it in the summer of 2018! Typically a movie films for 3 or 4 months, goes into post-production, and then releases roughly a year or so after production wraps!
Writer Joe Carnahan, has been hyping the up the movie in interviews and on Twitter by calling the action scenes "really good" and "f**king insane". He also claims the movie will do things never done before! Hopefully, it holds up!
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