Mark Wahlberg is excited to be a part of the movie adaptation of the popular video game Uncharted and has praised the script.
OduNews.com reported earlier that Spanish actor Antonio Banderas had joined the project, with director Ruben Fleischer helming the film.
Mark Wahlberg plays Nathan Drake’s mentor Victor ‘Sully’ Sullivan in what has been described as an origin story. This means that we will get to meet the protagonist (Tom Holland) not as the experienced adventurer we know from the game, but as a naïve young man.
While chatting with Collider’s Steve Weintraub about his upcoming Netflix action movie Spenser Confidential, Wahlberg stated that reading the script for Uncharted reminded him of films like Indiana Jones.
I start filming in about two weeks time. It’s exciting because, without giving too much away, it’s more of an origin story. Meeting them, and Nathan becoming Nathan. Sully and him meeting, trying to not only get over on each other, but also starting to partner up and develop that relationship. It’ll be very cool. It’s the first time I’m in a movie that’s a movie. I felt like when I was reading it, I was reading Indiana Jones or Thomas Crown Affair. It’s got these great elements of these heist movies and adventure movies like I’ve never been a part of.
The adaptation had been stuck in limbo due to different directors departing the production. Fleischer’s involvement and Banderas’ addition means things can go on as planned. It has secured a release date of March 5, 2020.
