The studio has selected Kyle Ward to pen the film adaptation of the game that would be produced by Avi Arad, Charles Roven, Ari Arad and Alex Gartner.

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…