David O. Russell talks Uncharted, extended family film include Nathan Drake and international intrigue
This is consistent with an earlier statement by Mark Wahlberg (who is playing Drake) who are trying Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci playing Drake’s father and uncle, respectively.While the game focuses on main character Nathan Drake searching to find El Dorado (and killing to a disturbing number of henchmen on the way), according to 24 frames, adaptation O. Russell ’s will “include Drake’s extended family – and put them in full, globetrotting situations with some of the most influential people in the world.” While doing press for his new movie The Wrestler, writer and director David O. Russell talked about his next film: an adaptation of the popular video game Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune.
Hit the jump for more information on what O. Russell had to say about what attracted you to Uncharted.
This was stated to O. Russell, who is best known for his independent work of summer blockbusters big? The filmmaker says Mark 24:
“This idea really excites me is a family that is a force to be reckoned within the world of international art and antiques … [the family] that deals with the heads of state and heads of museums and metes to justice …. We will have family dynamics, what we have done in a couple of movies now. “This is a great idea to me. And then take that and put it in the larger, more muscular stage of international action film, but also to all things in the same character.
It is not like an adventure game is both rich in history as a series of pretexts to kill an ungodly number of bad ones. It will be interesting to see how much of the game O. Russell incorporated into his film beyond the title and main characterThat actually sounds like an interesting material.