"Drake's Fortune" movie has new backstory for Nathan
News by Buckley on Dec 03, 2010
The gaming community has been largely less than thrilled to hear that Mark Wahlberg has been cast in the role of Nathan Drake in the feature film "Uncharted: Drake's Fortune" from director David O. Russell. Recently, while Russell was being interviewed by the LA Times on his new movie "The Fighter," which also stars Wahlberg, he let out a bit more information on the movie based on the Playstation 3 hit.
While he did hint that the movie's script would coincide with the game's, there is already a twist suggesting that the plot could be flying a bit off-course. Specifically, main protagonist Nathan Drake is going to have a bit of a backstory makeover. While the game highlights Drake as an Indiana Jones-esque treasure hunter, Russell plans to portay him instead as a member of an extended family that "deals with heads of state and heads of museums and metes out justice."
Mark Wahlberg: Treasure Cop
So, while Nathan Drake will continue to be clearly the main character, there's going to be a whole family behind him, and they all work together as the treasure police. It still sounds somewhat close to the original Indiana Jones influence, but it's clearly going to be a major expansion on the game's plot. Time will tell if the in-progress script also proves to be a deviation.
"Uncharted: Drake's Fortune" is currently estimated for a 2013 theatrical release. Visit the LA Times posting for more information.
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