Columbia pictures is planning to do a movie adaptation of Naughty Dog’s Uncharted: Drake’s fortune. The game is an action adventure video game published by Sony Computer Entertainment exclusively for PlayStation 3. The game went on to sell more than one million copies in ten weeks, and become part of the European best-selling Platinum Range of titles. The game was in a way responsible for the popularity of PlayStation 3. The game Recently Naughty Dog, the developers of the game showed off Uncharted 2: Among Thieves at the E3 conference in LA.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the script of the movie is being written by Kyle Ward, who also wrote the Hitman flick and the in-the-works Kane and Lynch film.The Uncharted movie is being produced by Avi Arad, Charles Roven, Ari Arad and Alex Gartner. Avi Arad, former head of Marvel’s film productions, is also working on a film version of the video game Mass Effect.
Gameplay in Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune is a combination of 3D platforming and third-person shooter gameplay elements. The game gives a Tomb Raider like experience. The game is about the journey of protagonist Nathan Drake, supposed descendant of the explorer Sir Francis Drake, as he seeks the lost treasure of El Dorado, coping with rival hunters and evil mutants. He is accompanied by a friend “sully” Sullivan and journalist Elena Fisher in the quest. The game proved to be a ’summer blockbuster’ action game.
Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune is a film-worthy franchise and I’m not at all surprised to see that its getting the film treatment. Lets hope that the film turns out to be great instead of the typical video game-to-movie adaptations.
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