That Uncharted movie isn’t happening anytime soon
Sony has dropped the Uncharted movie from its upcoming release schedule (via Comingsoon.net). June 30, 2017 was it’s previous scheduled release date, but it looks as though difficulties with getting the movie made, such as finding the right cast, director, etc. are to blame. Video game movies have been an ongoing puzzle for movie studios to correctly adapt. It’s perhaps particularly ironic though, that the studio is having such trouble with Uncharted, as the idea for the games were so clearly derived from a movie series and a game (Tomb Raider) based on that movie series: namely, Indiana Jones.
It’s a shame, as it probably would make for a great movie. At least Joe Carnahan, the film’s screenwriter seems to think so:
We’ll update you with any more news we hear on the Uncharted movie.