According to The Hollywood Reporter, Columbia is adapting the video game for a feature film, “Uncharted: Drakes Fortune”.
The story follows Nathan Drake, a descendant of explorer Sir Francis Drake, a treasure hunter who believes he has learned the whereabouts of El Dorado, the fabled South American golden city, from a cursed golden statue. The search becomes competitive when a rival hunter joins the fray, then is racheted up several notches when creatures — actually mutated descendants of Spaniards and Nazis — begin attacking those hoping to learn the treasure’s true secrets.
The game, from Sony Computer Entertainment, sold 1 million copies in the first 10 weeks of its release at the end of 2007
Ward, represented by CAA and Benderspink, is making a name for himself in the game-to-film world, having written “Kane & Lynch” for Lionsgate (Bruce Willis is attached to star) and getting hired to work on “Hitman 2″ for 20th Century Fox.
Well, at least Uwe Boll isn’t directing… At least, I hope not…
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