After trying to adapt his franchise for a whole decade, things are finally coming to fruition for Sony, which will soon be showing its Uncharted film in theaters. Suffice to say that after many trials and sums of money invested, the company has no interest in straying at the box office and to put all the chances on its side, it begins to seriously focus on its campaign marketing: after several muscular trailers, posters and intriguing statements from its leading actors, the Japanese giant today unveils an exclusive extract.
This scene already seen in the trailers – published here in almost its entirety – is undoubtedly one of the future highlights of the film since it is the cargo plane shootout, directly inspired by Uncharted 3: The Drake Illusion and which had marked the spirits in his time. For the feature film, however, things are a little different: Nathan Drake (Tom Holland) is not above the desert but the ocean, and is accompanied by his mentor Sully (Mark Wahlberg) and Chloe Frazer ( Sophia Taylor Ali). We let you enjoy this piece of film in our video player, above.
After hiring many directors and screenwriters, without success, Sony will finally have opted for one of its precious collaborators, namely Ruben Fleischer: we owe him in particular the films Welcome to Zombieland and Venom, the commercial success of the latter being very particular since having garnered 856 million dollars at the box office … despite a more than mixed critical reception. Having also directed Gangster Squad, we can easily admit that Fleischer knows how to pilot blockbusters with big castings and big special effects: Uncharted seems to be a good example of this.
As a reminder, this adaptation will not be modeled on one of the video games in particular but will take pleasure in counting an original account – that of the beginnings of Nathan Drake, then meeting Victor Sullivan – in a great story of treasure hunt, Antonio Banderas playing the main antagonist. Several scenes and environments of the works of Naughty Dog will however be declared, such as the cargo plane, yes, but also the pirate ship from Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End. It only remains to see if the result will live up to the video game saga … while succeeding in convincing the general public.
Uncharted’s theatrical release is scheduled for February 22. Unless Sony Pictures is delaying it again as it has just been the case for Morbius, for the fifth time, because of the health context.
