Joe Carnahan To Write Uncharted Movie

Sony’s big screen adaptation of video game series ‘Uncharted’ is still in the works - and now it has a big name on script duties.

Variety report that Joe Carnahan, writer-director behind 'Narc,’ 'The A-Team’ and 'The Grey,’ has been hired to pen the latest draft of the screenplay of the long-in development movie about treasure hunting adventurer Nathan Drake.

Unfortunately, Carnahan says it is unlikely he will be able to direct the film as well, because it is scheduled to shoot early 2017 - at which point he will be busy on his next directorial gig, 'Bad Boys 3,’ with Will Smith and Martin Lawrence.

However, the filmmaker says, “in a perfect world I would love to do both, but right now, I’m only on board to write the script.”

He adds, “Archaeology today is in itself an antiquity, but that world has always fascinated me. Especially when you go to a museum today and wonder how a piece got there to begin with.

“Plus, the property itself is so popular that it was hard to turn down an opportunity to work on it.”

The 'Uncharted’ series has spawned four Playstation games to date, as well as a comic book and a number of motion comic animations.

A film has been in development since 2011, and previous directors attached include David O. Russell, Neil Burger and Seth Gordon, whilst Mark Wahlberg and Chris Pratt have been linked to the lead role of Nathan Drake.

Picture Credit: Sony, WENN

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