The Uncharted Movie Actually Sounds... Alright Again.

For a while, David O Russell was considering transforming Nathan Drake's adventures into an action packed episode of the Antique Roadshow, but Sony eventually canned the director due to "creative differences".

Neil Burger has since been named as the movie's new director, an inclusion prompting jubilation from Naughty Dog developer Richard Lemarchand.

“We’ve been impressed at Naughty Dog with the level of interest [the movie producers have] shown in talking to us and to Amy [Hennig, creative director] in particular in order to get it right,” he told Eurogamer. “The attachment of Neil Burger to the project is a very good sign in that regard.

“I’ve always been very excited about it. I’m interested in this concept of transmedia, perhaps because of the kind of media environment I grew up in, that we all grew up in. I’m a big Doctor Who and Star Wars fan. You have the primary thing, which is the TV show or the movies, but then you extend your enjoyment by re-experiencing those story worlds through these other channels.

“We’ve set out to make the most cinematic character action games that have ever existed. Cinematic as well in the right sense, we hope, because it’s all about ongoing, real-time interactive gameplay as much as we can possibly make it. We’re happy with what we’ve been able to achieve in that regard.

“We’re all big fans of film. We had to study on the techniques of cinema very diligently to be able to make these games. So yeah, I remain excited about the future of the Uncharted feature film.”

We doubt the Uncharted movie will ever release, but it's reassuring to hear that the film's at least being steered in a more appropriate direction these days.

[Thanks Eurogamer]