One step forward, two steps back.
As I may have mentioned, the prospects for David O. Russell and Mark Wahlberg's "Uncharted" movie are chiefly hampered by the issue of an "Uncharted" movie being a very bad - to say nothing of breathtakingly-redundant - idea. But it seems they've found a way around it: DON'T base the movie around the "Indiana-Jones-if-he-was-a-total-douche" premise of the games. Well, that's kinda-sorta-maybe good news...
Now for the bad news. The premise they'll be replacing it with: "What-if-the-guy-from-National-Treasure-was-a-total-douche." Nathan Drake will apparently be reimagined as one of an extended family of well-connected treasure-protectors, with Robert DeNiro and Joe Pesci reportedly being sought to sign on as Drake's rascally dad and uncle.
Sez Russell about the film's setup:
"This idea really turns me on that there's a family that's a force to be reckoned with in the world of international art and antiquities ... [a family] that deals with heads of state and heads of museums and metes out justice," he said."
Well, that ought to go over well...
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