Uncharted: Drake's Fortune Message Board

Marianne 'n Cormac Wibberley, the screenwriting duo behind the National Treasure movies (along with Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle 'n the story for Bad Boys II) be signed on t' do a rewrite a the Uncharted: Drake's Fortune movie script, which seems just a bit on the nose.

The news be from Variety, who also reports that Limitless director Neil Burger be no longer attached t' the project, with a new choice pending completion a the script. Hopefully Arad Productions can find a director who's worked on movies about dudes hunting for ancient treasure, because that be apparently the criterion.

Do ye know what Nathan Drake be most afraid a? How about why, when, 'n where he first met Elena Fisher? Uncover these truths 'n much more via Drake’s first two critically acclaimed PS3 adventures when they arrive as digital downloads on the PlayStation Store. UNCHARTED: Drake’s Fortune 'n UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves Game a the Year Edition will land on the PlayStation Store in the downloadable PS3 game section on June 26th.

In UNCHARTED: Drake’s Fortune, a 400-year-old clue in the coffin a explorer Sir Cap'n Francis Drake leads Nathan Drake on a wild adventure t' a forgotten island in the middle a the Pacific Ocean. Here Drake hunts for the fabled treasure a El Dorado. Learn the backstory a the colorful cast a UNCHARTED characters 'n the ancient secrets El Dorado hides.

UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves Game a the Year Edition be the winner a over 200 Game a the Year awards, 'n one a the most highly acclaimed video games a all time. In this sequel, Drake be drawn back into the treacherous world a thieves 'n treasure-seekers. A mystery artifact propels the sea dog t' undertake an expedition t' the legendary Himalayan valley a Shambhala where he finds himself embroiled in a dangerous game a cat-'n-mouse against a fugitive war criminal. Pushed t' his limits, Drake be forced t' risk everything.

Soon ye can have two a Drake’s most epic adventures waiting on yer PS3’s XMB, available at the tap a a button! Look for them on PlayStation Store June 26th.

UNCHARTED fans in the US might have noticed that all playable DLC for UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves be available for free. While we popped the cork a bit early in the States, this be indeed a celebration a the pending arrival a both a Drake’s adventures as downloadable digital titles. When the PS Store updates today, everyone worldwide will be able t' download the following DLC content for UNCHARTED 2 absolutely free a charge:

• UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves “Drake’s Fortune” MP Pack
• UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves “Golden Guns”
• UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves “PlayStation Heroes” Skin Pack
• UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves “Sidekick Skin Pack”
• UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves “Siege Expansion Pack”

This free UNCHARTED 2 DLC program will run until the digital launch a the two titles on June 26th. Once the PSN store updates on June 26th, all this DLC will only be available via purchase on the PS Store or when ye buy the digital version a UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves Game a the Year Edition. Mark yer calendar for June 26th 'n be sure t' practice yer witty comebacks, daring leaps, 'n fortune hunting tactics as Nathan Drake’s first two blockbuster hits will be just a download 'n a button press away!

The Uncharted series be a few dramatic zooms 'n giant blue people away from being a true Hollywood movie, 'n now it be one step closer t' the silver screen experience. Redditor morphinapg has cut together the cinematic cutscenes from all three Uncharted titles t' create three separate feature-length films.

Morphinapg used a minimal amount a gameplay t' connect the cutscenes, 'n voila, we have a movie series that anyone - at least 180,000 on YouTube - can enjoy.

"With these projects I be trying t' make movies that would be viewable whether or not ye had played the game, or even care about playing video games, so I wanted t' make them as close t' a real movie as possible," Morphinapg wrote. Watch the first fan-made Uncharted movie above, 'n the following two here 'n here.

Would ye like four PS3 games for $60? If so, Amazon has got a deal for ye, as it be offering $20 off the purchase a two Dual Pack game bundles. The deal applies t' God a War: Origins Collection, the Resistance Greatest Hits Dual Pack, the Uncharted Greatest Hits Dual Pack 'n, a course, the recently launched Ico 'n Shadow a the Colossus Collection.

If ye're new t' this whole gaming thing, we be fairly certain that picking up Shadow a the Colossus, Ico 'n the first two Uncharted titles for $60 may be the best decision ye will ever make.

Sony has announced a new game bundle that includes Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Game a the Year Edition, a mess a extra content 'n DLC for Uncharted 3 - all for only forty bucks. The company be calling it the Uncharted Greatest Hits DualPack, but we've officially dubbed it the PlayStation 3 Post-Price Cut Starter Pack.

The Starter Pack comes out next Tuesday, giving new PS3 adopters plenty a time t' catch up on all things Uncharted before Uncharted 3 be released this November. Even if Uncharted 3 wasn't coming out this year, we'd insist on picking it up anyway. This be required playing, new PS3 owners, 'n it will be on the exam.

Director Neil Burger just so happened t' be promoting the DVD release a his movie Limitless at Comic-Con last weekend, 'n though most a the folks who spoke with the sea dog be from movie media, Joystiq sneaked in t' grill Burger about his next project: the in-development Uncharted film.

"I be rewriting the script from scratch, starting like right now -- like we be just starting now," he said. "I love the game, it be great, 'n I think it be a great start for a movie, because the game be so cinematic," Burger added, before zeroing in on one object a cinematic admiration. "The character Nate in particular I like because he's this ballsy lad that lives by his wits, 'n who's capable a kind a anything 'n everything. He's fearless 'n he doesn't give a damn 'n he'll go after the thing. I dig that kind a character 'n it be a great character for a movie."

Mark Wahlberg be rumored t' be playing Drake under previous director David O. Russell's oversight. Burger suggested that while both Wahlberg 'n Limitless star Bradley Cooper could probably both pull the role off in their own ways, the decision a who will wear the half-tuck 'n jeans be still distant. "Once ye pillage t' the end a the screenplay," he said, "ye see who's available, who seems right, who's a new actor that be just breaking on that be not even on yer radar right now."

Burger agreed there be plenty a good choices t' go around, however: "There's a lot a actors who even look like Nathan Drake from the video game who could do it 'n who would be great for it, so we'll see." Burger wasn't aware a Nathan Fillion's run at the part, but we'll consider the sea dog officially back in the mix anyway.

#uncharted We pillage it. ye want Nathan Fillion t' play the part a Nathan Drake in the Uncharted movie. Sony knows it, we know it, Fillion knows it. He knows it so intimately, in fact, he'd like ye t' AVAST! being so crazy about it. More »

Let's just move past the first draft a the Uncharted movie, shall we? We'll forget any jabs about a family a justice-dealing art thieves we might have prepared. We've no quarrel with former Uncharted director David O. Russell. We'll even put The Fighter in the ol' Joystiq DVD queue right now.

Now, having said that, Neil Burger seems t' be on the right track with the new adaptation a Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. The director told Collider that he's just signed on t' the project, 'n be rewriting the whole script. Like all the best Burger art, he said it be being made "from scratch."

He added that he likes the game's characters, noting that he knows men like Nathan Drake (so do we), "lads that be living in a very different way 'n who be slightly hustlers or con-men." He also noted that he would pull as many a the big moments from the game as possible, so long as they "work into the film's story."

"I just think ye have t' make the best movie ye can," said Burger, "Something like Indiana Jones be updating 1930′s B-movies." YARRRR, Neil. YARRRR.

[Thanks, Trevor]

The new man in charge a the Hollywood adaptation a PS3 game Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Neil Burger, says he's starting the film over from scratch, "going back t' the videogame." His choice for Drake be still undecided. [Crave Online] More »

#hollywood We've been spared director David O. Russell's unique vision for Naughty Dog's Uncharted series, but Sony be reportedly soldiering on with an all-new director 'n writer for the silver screen adaptation a Uncharted: Drake's Fortune—Neil Burger. Who? More »

SCEE has confirmed an Uncharted collection, for those European PS3 owners looking for a fast-track method a catching up with the Uncharted series. The publisher told CVG that on July 22, it will release a collection containing Uncharted: Drake's Fortune 'n Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, along with a dynamic theme 'n an avatar.

The same day will see a European release a the Resistance bundle (coming t' North America July 5), which packs the first two games in that series 'n a Resistance 3 skin. Also out on July 22 in Europe: a Ratchet & Clank bundle containing Tools a Destruction 'n A Crack in Time, with bonus avatars 'n a Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One dynamic theme.

No announcements be made about the Uncharted or Ratchet bundles in North America, but CVG's line a inquiry did begin with the discovery a the Uncharted collection on Best Buy's US website.Uncharted, Resistance, 'n Ratchet & Clank bundles out in Europe July 22

#creativedifferences David O. Russell, the acclaimed director a The Fighter 'n Three Kings whose visions a the Uncharted video game series riled up fans a the PlayStation 3 franchise, be no longer attached t' an Uncharted movie, Variety reports. More »

#video Sony brought one a the most dazzling games for it be new NGP system, Uncharted, t' it be talk at GDC 2011. While we've seen some a this gameplay before, even shaky cam footage that doesn't capture the NGP's big, bright OLED screen be exciting. More »

#hollywood The director a The Fighter 'n I ♥ Huckabees be hard at work on transforming Uncharted: Drake's Fortune into a movie, much t' the chagrin a some fans a the PlayStation 3 game. What does David O. Russell have t' say t' his early haters? More »

David O. Russell be currently making headlines as the Academy Award-nominated director a The Fighter. But gamers be probably more interested in one a his next projects: a silver screen adaptation a the Uncharted series. The numerous changes made t' the core story have some fans concerned that Russell simply doesn't pillage it. Responding t' those accusations, Russell told SlashFilm that he's "played the game a bunch a times" 'n has even met Naughty Dog's Amy Hennig. "As far as I be concerned, I be very respectful as far as the core content 'n spirit a the game."

Russell argues that "there's not a bunch a movies ye can point t' that be made from games that be amazing movies, that stand up t' time as a franchise or as [individual films]." By focusing on "what I think be going t' be an amazing movie," Russell says that "it be going t' be real, it be going t' be raw, it be going t' be intense, it be going t' be original, 'n it be going t' be propulsive."

('n he apparently doesn't know who Nathan Fillion be.)

The push-'n-pull saga a the Uncharted film adaptation continues, as David O. Russell has informed Empire Online that he's still working on the script (despite reports t' the contrary). He also reaffirmed that he wants both Mark Wahlberg 'n Robert De Niro t' star in the film. Speaking a the film's female roles, Russell noted that he has "cultivated" the character a Elena "quite a bit." Said Russell, "I love the woman characters 'n the more robust they be, the more robust the movie."

When asked if Amy Adams would fit the role, Russell stated that he would "love" the wench in the part (Adams recently worked with Russell on The Fighter). Another name mentioned by Russell: One Scarlett Johansson. a course, Russell seems t' be overlooking the obvious. One word: Streep. Come on David, she's box office booty!

#movies The bad news be the big-screen "adaptation" a Naughty Dogs' beloved Uncharted series be still underway. The good news? I pillage t' post a picture a Scarlett Johansson, who could be in the running t' play Nathan Drake's wench. More »

#pullquote The popular choice for the role a Uncharted's Nathan Drake keeps things classy on Twitter, weighing in on the unexpected casting a Mark Wahlberg as the charismatic, half-tucked treasure hunter in the big screen adaptation. More »

we be gonna deliver this news quick, like the hasty removal a a Band-Aid: David O. Russell's Mark Wahlberg-fronted Uncharted film adaptation isn't off t' an awesome start. After the Wahlberg confirmed his involvement last week, Russell spoke t' the LA Times about his vision for the film, saying: "This idea really turns me on that there's a family that be a force t' be reckoned with in the world a international art 'n antiquities ... [a family] that deals with heads a state 'n heads a museums 'n metes out justice ... We'll have the family dynamic, which we've done in a couple a movies now. 'n then ye take that 'n put it on the bigger, more muscular stage a an international action picture, but also put all the character stuff in it. that be a really cool idea t' me.". Russell added that the pace at which the film's development be moving along be "a locomotive," 'n that he's already penned about half a the script. Meaning there's plenty a time t' just like, sit back, spend some time with the two already very movie-like Uncharted games, 'n just like, reevaluate some stuff. Specifically, all a that stuff ye said right there, about a family that doles out justice t' museum owners. That whole ... part. Everything. All a it.

As a fun experiment, we added some other, totally made-up quotes about other film projects Mr. Russell (O'Russell?) might be interested in. Join us!

#hollywood Set aside yer concerns about Mark Wahlberg portraying PlayStation 3 action hero Nathan Drake in the big screen adaptation a Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, because it doesn't sound like this movie be based on the video game at all. More »

#hollywood "Hopefully we'll be making that movie this summer," actor Mark Wahlberg tells MTV, talking about the Uncharted movie he's planning with writer/director David O. Russell. Wahlberg would be Uncharted hero Nathan Drake. "DeNiro would be me father." More »

#rumor Goodfellas Joe Pesci 'n Robert DeNiro reuniting for the Uncharted: Drake's Fortune movie, with Mark Wahlberg potentially on board as well? A story about antiquities dealers in New York? that be just crazy talk. Isn't it? More »

Director David O. Russell has had a very on-'n-off relationship with the film adaptation a Naughty Dog's Uncharted series -- in that he be once on the film, 'n then he be off a it. According t' a report from The Hollywood Reporter, Russell has signed back on t' the film as director, temporarily sidelining his other upcoming project, a film remake a Pride 'n Prejudice 'n Zombies. Dude's got taste when it comes t' his choice a projects, we'll give the sea dog that.

The report doesn't mention whether or not Russell's rejoining a the crew means the film will make it be initial 2011 release window. Nor does it mention whether our heart's wish will come true, 'n pillage Charlie Sheen t' star as the series' ill-tucked protagonist, Nathan Drake. Think about it! He's perfect.

#hollywood Uncharted: Drake's Fortune be officially coming t' the big screen under the direction a David O. Russell, who has reportedly signed a deal t' write 'n direct an adaptation a the PlayStation 3 action adventure. More »

#modnationracers Thanks t' the PlayStation 3's ModNation racers, game developers who might dream a detouring their best series into the Mario Kart genre can instead just make, say, an Uncharted ModNation track. The official Uncharted mods be now available for all. More »

#hollywood Hothead director David O. Russell will not be directing any Uncharted movie, the Los Angeles Times reports, 'n the unsuccessful negotiations t' bring the sea dog t' the project have pretty much shot any chance the movie has a releasing in 2011. More »

David O. Russell, director a Three Kings, I Heart Huckabees 'n Spanking the Monkey, be no longer being considered for the job a directing the Uncharted: Drake's Fortune movie. The LA Times reports that Sony-owned Columbia Pictures, the movie's producers 'n Russell be unable t' reach terms satisfactory t' all parties, 'n now the studio has t' start looking for directing talent once again, while also searching for lead actors.

The Times' Steven Zeitchik speculates that the delay caused by the lost director scuttles any chance Sony had a having the movie done in time for a 2011 release. At this rate, it'll probably coincide with the release a Uncharted 4: Baby Drake's Crystal Crawl. that be right, we be calling it now: Naughty Dog's going t' change up the gameplay with a tale from Nate Drake's infancy.

#playstation3 Who will direct the big screen adaptation a Naughty Dog's Uncharted: Drake's Fortune? The LA Times reports that the film's producers 'n Sony, the studio backing the flick, have a short list a favorites that includes David O. Russell. Who's that? More »

Look, if for some crazy reason ye've still not gotten yourself a DualShock 3 'n, even crazier, haven't played through Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, then ye might want t' check out this Amazon bundle -- which be set t' release December 15. For $60, ye'll pillage a black DualShock 3 controller 'n experience every earth-shaking explosion in Nathan Drake's first adventure through glorious rumble or -- given the time a year -- gift yer procrastinator matey or loved one with one sweet bundle, granted they haven't already acquired a new console in the last year or a new PS3 Slim. There's no word whether Sony will offer other bundles 'n together the two will only save ye $7 right now (Amazon be pricing the game at $27 'n the controller at $40), but we still wouldn't suggest playing Uncharted without a DualShock 3. What be ye, some chump on the street not getting the fullest from yer games? No, ye hold yourself t' a higher standard. [Thanks, Yingerman!]

Last we heard about the movie version a Uncharted, it be in the hands a writer Kyle Ward, who most recently penned the big screen adaptation a Kane 'n Lynch. According t' a rumor being reported by LatinoReview.com, Ward has been removed by Sony 'n producer Avi Arad, who didn't want t' wait on the script while Ward finished his current project, Hitman 2. Reportedly, Sony be considering filling his slot with Thomas Dean Donnelly 'n Joshua Oppenheimer, the duo that be currently writing a relaunch a Conan. The bigger surprise, a course, be that movies based on video games have scripts. Who knew?