UNCHARTED hires "Horrible Bosses" director and "The Hurtlocker" writer

The upcoming film adaptation for the video game "Uncharted" looks like its getting a top-caliber writer to pen its screenplay. Oscar-winning screenwriter Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker) is being brought in to work on the screenplay. Seth Gordon, who directed "The King of Kong" and "Horrible Bosses", is set to helm this adaptation. "Uncharted" is targeting a June 10, 2016 release date. [hit the jump to continue]

Columbia Embarks on Uncharted Adaptation

That highly anticipated Uncharted movie adaptation will finally push through. Columbia Pictures has long been developing this project, and now they are finally ready to embark on adapting this video game into a movie, and they picked "Horrible Bosses" and "The King of Kong" director Seth Gordon to direct. Uncharted is a popular video game series that features an Indiana Jones-like protagonist named Nathan Drake, who along with his companions travel around the world to uncover various historical mysteries. "Uncharted" will start filming early next year. [hit the jump to continue]

Avi Arad set to produce Uncharted, Metal Gear Solid, and Mass Effect movies

Avi Arad, who is the founder of Marvel Studios and producer of the earlier Marvel movies, is now moving on to producing video game movie adaptations. UNCHARTED, METAL GEAR SOLID, and MASS EFFECT have all been stuck in development hell for quite a time now. UNCHARTED seems to be the one that will easily get made the earliest because of its storyline potential. Plus, it's been a while since we saw a good Indiana Jones type movie (even the last Indy movie was awful). METAL GEAR SOLID has potential too, but it will be requiring a longer negotiation time with the studios, and may take three years till it could take off. MASS EFFECT, on the other hand, could take around five or six years away before it will take off.
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