Tom Holland expressed his excitement to work with Mark Wahlberg on the upcoming Uncharted film.
Sony’s Uncharted film has been in development hell for quite sometime. Mark Wahlberg was even attached to star as Nathan Drake at one point. Despite losing numerous directors, Uncharted is still moving forward with Spider-Man star Tom Holland as a young Nathan Drake. While there is still no director, filming is expected to begin next month with Mark Wahlberg set to play Sully.
Mark Wahlberg’s Sully will serve as a mentor to Tom Holland’s young Nathan Drake in the upcoming Uncharted film. In an interview with IGN, Tom Holland recalled how he got involved with the Uncharted film in the first place:
“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. 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.”
Tom Holland also talked about how excited he is to film Uncharted around the world this summer with Mark Wahlberg:
“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. 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.”
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Based on the PlayStation video game series of the same name, the Uncharted film is set to chronicle the first encounter between Tom Holland’s Nathan Drake and the fortune seeker and businessman Victor Sullivan. The film is reportedly influenced by a sequence in Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception.
From a script written by Art Marcum & Matt Holloway and Rafe Judkins, Uncharted is being produced by Sony PlayStation Productions, with Asad Qizilbash and Carter Swan producing alongside Charles Roven, Avi Arad, Alex Gartner, and Ari Arad. NaughtyDog is not involved with the project.
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Source: IGN