About ten days ago we heard Neil Burger had officially replaced David O. Russell on UNCHARTED: DRAKE’S FORTUNE. At that time, we heard Burger was going to write his own script, despite drafts by Thomas Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer, retooled by O. Russell, garnering interest. Well, Burger has confirmed such to Crave Online…
When asked about using the script O. Russell was going to shoot, Burger came with:
“No, I haven’t seen his screenplay on it. Mainly we’re beginning from scratch and going back to the videogame. Because there’s a lot of cool stuff, actually, from the videogame, if you know it…”
Continuing the sentiment:
“It’s really one of the most cinematic videogames, and one that has really developed characters. So, you know, there’s a lot of cool, really intense things that, if they work for the film’s story, I want to use them.”
When asked to compare to epic on-screen adventure movies, Burger said:
“Well, I think Indiana Jones is, you know, fantastic. The grandfather of all those movies. But I think Indiana Jones is nostalgic. It takes place in the 1930s, and the later ones are a little bit later, and it kind of plays on that nostalgia. Whereas Uncharted is very much up to the minute, of the moment. It’s very “now” and contemporary and it has this sort of rough and very intense feel that a movie like The Bourne Identity has. It’s really up to date in its own way. The Bourne Identity isn’t your father’s Cold War movie and this is a very different kind of treasure hunt movie. It’s very real and it has kind of an insane, wild feeling that comes out of the character; Nate being this con man and a bit of a hustler, living by his wits, ballsy and capable of anything.”
For more on DARKE’S FORTUNE, including his thoughts on casting Nathan Fillion as the lead, click HERE.
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