It's been a really long time coming, but it looks like Sony is just about ready to finally roll cameras on their live-action movie adaptation of Naughty Dog's acclaimed
Uncharted video game series of the same name, which has esentially been stuck in some stage of development hell for the better part of the last decade.
Speaking with
IGN, at the blue carpet world premiere of Disney/Pixar's
Onward, star Tom Holland (
Spider-Man: Far From Home;
Avengers: Endgame) spoke at length about the upcoming
Uncharted film and revealed that filming will actually begin in four weeks in Berlin, Germany.
Outside of the film being an origin story, not much else is known just yet, but it appears that Ruben Fleischer (
Venom;
Zombieland) has indeed closed his deal to direct the film, presumably using a screenplay from Joe Carnahan (
Bad Boys for Life;
Stretch) and Rafe Judkins (
Chuck; Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.).
Holland will star as Nathan Drake with 2x Academy Award-nominee Mark Wahlberg (
Spenser Confidential;
Scoob!) signed on to play Victor "Sully" Sullivan. Additional cast will likely be revealed in the coming weeks as we approach the production start date.
Uncharted hits theaters March 5, 2021.
"If I'm honest, one of my favorite video games ever is the fourth Uncharted game... Unbelievable. And lots of the inspiration from the film has come from that game in particular," Holland said. "It was interesting, when I sat down with [Sony Pictures Chairman] Tom Rothman and we were talking about video games, and I was like "Oh, I've just finished Uncharted." And he was like "Well, why don't you play Nathan Drake?" I remember being like, "I would do anything to play Nathan Drake. Please, that would be amazing." So yeah, we start shooting in like four weeks. Mark Wahlberg is going to be amazing as Sully. The stunt department that we have out there in Berlin have done an amazing job already, prepping the stunts, and it's going to be an exciting one."
"There was definitely a lot of inspiration that came from the games, but it's a very young, fresh take on the character because, obviously, we didn't get to meet him all that much when he was younger," Holland explained. "But it's a pretty awesome movie, and it's global. We travel the world, we see some amazing places, and Mark Wahlberg and I are going to have a great summer together."