After losing its director for the third time, the Uncharted film explores new names that allow it to stop delays and get ahead at once.
Sony already has a new name on the table for the Uncharted movie. This is Ruben Fleischer, director who has been in charge of Welcome to Zombieland; its sequel, Zombieland: Kill and finish; and the last adaptation of Venom to the big screen, with which it surpassed the 800 million dollars of collection. As they point out from media such as Deadline, the company has contacted the Fleischer representative and is waiting for a “yes” to start negotiating his contract and put all the machinery back on track.
As if it were chased by a curse, the truth is that the Uncharted movie has not stopped losing directors since it was officially announced. The first one was Shawn Levy, a recurring figure behind the scenes of Stranger Things who left production due to the pace that he already predicted in his day, more than two years ago. Levy opted instead to make Free Guy, another video game movie starring Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool). He was followed by Dan Trachtenberg, author of Cloverfield Street 10 and several episodes of Black Mirror and The Boys. He left it without giving reasons for it and was replaced by Travis Knight (Bumblebee, Kubo and the two magic ropes), who has been the last to throw in the towel due to the busy schedule of its protagonist, Tom Holland (Spider-Man) , which forced certain delays, stop for a few months and think long term.
Up to 6 directors have rejected
And that if we talk about directors who accepted and then left the project. Others like David O. Russell (The good side of things), Neil Burger (The Illusionist) or Seth Gordon (How to kill your boss) rejected the offer of firsts. The adaptation of Naughty Dog's work does not seduce as much as one would expect. We'll see if the fourth time is the charm, Fleischer accepts and, finally, the production goes ahead and kicks off the “PlayStation Cinematic Universe”, with which Sony wants to take to film and television (and through its new division , PlayStation Productions) to all the great heroes of the brand.
