Is There Any Need For An Uncharted Film?

With the Assassin’s Creed film released, rumbles over further film adaptations of video games have returned.  As a franchise, Uncharted has provided moments that force you to soak in the scene. For years now, I’ve referred to Uncharted 2 and 3 as the accumulation of what mainstream video games have aimed to be.

[PixelGateUk]

I don't think there is, i mean the games fill the space pretty nicely. There's not much they could add through a film, bar a few extra eyes on the games

[Overload]

I agree.

[Fist4achin]

Need, no. Could it be cool if done well? Absolutely. Unfortunately. A lot of video games don't translate well to the big screen. I didn't mind the first resident evil and the hitman movie.

[Kingthrash360]

I think it's the directors fault. I think they should, I don't know ..play through the game or maybe be a fan of the game to understand why people love it. too many times I've seen movies being made from video games and you can tell they get why the game was attractive to begin with. seems like it's just a cash grab for them, they heard of the game but they don't actually know what the game is about. Resident Evil should have been a horror flick ...that's what it should have been. it's a horror game why make it an action flick? I just don't understand why they don't understand.

[DivoJones]

Didn't really work well for Ratchet and Clank.. the game had a much better reception than the movie intended to spark interest in the game. Seems especially ironic considering Uncharted is influenced significantly by cinema.. so it'd be another case of a movie based on a game based on a movie. Sony would be wise to save their money and skip making this movie altogether.

[fenome]

Exactly. The games are awesome because it's interactive media, it's like you actually get to play a part in this story. If a movie is actually done right then that would be cool, but it's not even close to the same experience.

[Garethvk]

To me it is like the Logan's Run remake. I have been hearing about it for so many years and nothing ever happens. I will believe it when the cameras roll. Also unless Assassin's Creed does well overseas it will be a costly error as it has done poorly in the U.S. the studio is banking on a strong overseas Box Office to turn a profit and ensure the sequels.

[PixelGateUk]

They're probably just banking on China at this point

[Summons75]

No, we have Indiana Jones. Plus it's been in production hell for years with no sign of moving forward.

[FallenAngel1984]

Do we need a Metal Gear Solid movie?

Most videogame movie adaptations are suffering for a reason

[morganfell]

They suffer because Hollywood sees money. That is all they see. They see the popularity of the game and think paycheck. They buy the rights and the first thing they do is disembowel the IP to remove the very thing that made the game great and attractive in the first place. Then when the movie inevitably fails they decry games as an effective foundation for a film.

These clown executives and financiers can't learn the lesson with games that Marvel has learned with their comics. They do not comprehend the fact games do not need to be radically altered for movie form because games are no longer the domain of the geeks. Games are mainstream and therefore a truer transition of the title to celluloid will yield wonderful results. Instead these supposed experts fail to understand the target demographic and think only the skeleton of the game is worthy of translation and then only if it is drastically made over.

[Psychonaut85]

Well said

[Injusticewarrior]

Amen brother!

[PixelGateUk]

I don't think you could make the Metal Gear plot lines into anything beyond the game, unless it was some weird ass art house thing. Kojima just stomping on fruit screaming 'war'

[KickSpinFilter]

Nope...we have Indiana Jones, which was the main inspiration for Tomb Raider and especially Uncharted.
The Last of Us would be a much better film, really haven't seen that kinda twist with the mold spores. :]

[crazychris4124]

Indiana Jones movie is coming next year and with Naughty Dog done with the franchise there would be no point now. Should have been done years ago, they missed their window.

[zerocarnage]

I'd rather see tomb raider films, at least I can drool over Lara, when the new one comes out in 2018. but that being said I reckon at some point Sony will do uncharted.

[Movefasta1993]

I'd rather them spend the money on making more single player dlc to be honest.

[PixelGateUk]

Naughty Dog wouldn't be putting any money into a film unless they wished too, which in most of these cases rarely happens

[DJ]

From what I've seen, Hollywood is an exclusive club and the major studios deliberately sabotage Videogame Films with bad directors, writers, and low budgets in order to keep game studios from expanding into film. Even Halo couldn't make it through to production.

[Injusticewarrior]

Uwe boll says hello

[PixelGateUk]

or more probably, something a little more angrier

[Stogz]

Not with that hack Shawn Levy directing we don't.

[PixelGateUk]

Reel Steel was okay...the rest of his film kinda suck...hard

[Stogz]

Agreed 100%

[NotanotherReboot]

I think we need to stop with videogame movies. They just don't work well.

[PixelGateUk]

the first Resident Evil wasnt that bad, then it went 360 awful

[SenorFartCushion]

No but adaptation is an artform in itself. Yes, both video games and films are visual in execution but those differences should be cherished if they are out of good intent e.g. changing the design of The Animus. Not, say, if it was because the exec producer watched the first cut and wanted more "explosions" or more "hidden in-video-game jokes."

[kevnb]

Chances are they wouldnt do a very good job with it.

[ONESHOTV2]

with the amount of cutscenes in uncharted i'm surprise it's not in the category of interactive movies.

[DillyDilly]

It will suck like all of the rest well Mortal Kombat 1995 only good one

[PixelGateUk]

Now hey! DOA was exactly what you'd expect from a DOA film lol

[NotanotherReboot]

No, the games are fine. Just finished Uncharted 2 on crushing and it's still a fantastic game. No need for a movie to ruin the legacy.

[PixelGateUk]

not even golden abyss!? ;)

[NotanotherReboot]

Goldyn Abyss was aight

[Momo118]

i feel like naughty dog games tell their story so well that there are no need for film adaptations

[PixelGateUk]

pretty much what it says in the post

[DaleCooper]

The answer to all headlines phrased as yes or no questions is: no. The rule holds true here too.

[martinlovegoodie]

Now the universe that The last Of Us has created. now that's a sell. even a series like the walking dead with the last of us universe with new characters playing as the fireflies would be more successful.

[CorndogBurglar]

Is there any need for any video game movie? No. But if one ends up being good then I'll be glad they made it.

[Callediceman]

Only if they cast Nathan Fillion as Nathan Drake.