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Stephen King on where Dark Tower went wrong, Darren Aronofsky wants Superman, Avatar sequels to cost $1 billion and more – Daily News Roundup

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DARK TOWER – WHAT WENT WRONG? The adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower was an under-advertised flop, and the source material’s creator has now spoken out about its failure. “The major challenge was to do a film based on a series of books that’s really long, about 3,000 pages,” King told Vulture. “The other […]

Bryan Cranston reportedly wanted for “large supporting role” in Uncharted movie

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Back in May of this year, it was announced that Spider-Man: Homecoming star Tom Holland is set to play a young Nathan Drake in the long-gestating big screen adaptation of the Uncharted video game series, and now it is being reported that Bryan Cranston is wanted for a role. According to That Hashtag Show, Sony […]

Video Game Review – Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

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Thomas Roach reviews Uncharted: The Lost Legacy… What was going to be DLC for Uncharted 4, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy has been released in the vein of the previous games. Many fans were left satisfied with how Uncharted 4 closed off the franchise, however this standalone spin off allows the series to continue without Nathan […]

Shawn Levy’s Uncharted movie will aim to be Indiana Jones for a new generation

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It looks like Nathan Drake’s first on-screen outing will, in fact, be taking a few notes from the film series it’s been likened to several times in the past: Indiana Jones. Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum), the director of the upcoming Tom Holland-led Uncharted movie, sat down with the folks over at Nerdist (via Entertainment Weekly), […]

Dark Universe revealed, Uncharted movie casting, Han Solo set video and more – Daily News Roundup

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We would like to kick off today’s Daily News Roundup by sending out our best wishes to Zack Snyder and his family, and the victims of the Manchester attack. Stay safe and hug those close to you. DARK UNIVERSE Since its announcement, we’ve never really known what to call Universal’s Classic Monster’s Universe. It was […]

Lost In Translation: Why Video Game Movies Always Disappoint

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Jordan Jones on video game movies and why they always disappoint… Hollywood doesn’t understand the rules of video games. Can we all agree on that? Unless this changes, there may never be a truly “good” video game movie, and I fear that we will be forever steeped in “bad” (Super Mario Bros.) to “just okay” […]

No one at Naughty Dog has read the Uncharted movie script, says Neil Druckmann

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Yesterday Joe Carnahan spoke about his screenplay for the upcoming Uncharted film adaptation, stating that: “I definitely didn’t write it as a PG-13 movie.” The decision to go for an R-rating has caused some controversy, with one fan tweeting Naughty Dog’s creative director Neil Druckmann to express their opinion. However, it appears that Naughty Dog, the developer behind […]

Joe Carnahan hypes his Uncharted script, confirms R rating and talks Indiana Jones comparisons

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Sony’s film adaptation of their groundbreaking video game franchise Uncharted has certainly regained life with Stranger Things‘ Shawn Levy coming aboard to direct a seemingly faithful script treatment from Joe Carnahan (The Grey). Speaking to ComingSoon, Carnahan discussed the likely MPAA rating, action, and inevitable Indiana Jones comparisons. Carnahan states “When I wrote Uncharted I didn’t […]