So, apparently Mark Wahlberg was talking out of his ass in that interview he did. He spoke like he had already nailed the role of Nathan Drake in the Uncharted movie.
Apparently, not the case. Excerpt from Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception director Justin Richmond's interview with Joystiq:
"Just what was that puzzling David O'Russell quote, referencing a "family dynamic" in the Uncharted movie, all about, I asked Uncharted 3 game director Justin Richmond at a recent press event. He laughed. "First of all, all that stuff was denied by David O. Russell," Richmond said. "He actually called us up and was like, 'I don't know what these guys are talking about.'" And Mark Wahlberg isn't anywhere near to being confirmed to play Nathan Drake either -- it's just Hollywood scuttlebutt, apparently. Still, I dutifully told Richmond that the Joystiq Biomass had chosen, and Nathan Fillion has our vote. Message received, Richmond responded."
So okay. All that news I was posting is now getting bandaged up. I like that. Means there's hope for us yet with this movie. Beyond that, lots of nice news about the Uncharted 3 progress.
. . . so SERIOUSLY! Nathan Fillion! Get on it, movie people!!!
As for good news number two (which is ironic because this news actually came out before the above news) . . . video clips of Uncharted 3 in action! Sure we're a year away, but damned if I'm not blown away with their progress so far:
Things worth caring about I noticed from the above videos:
- Crazy nice animations now. I had to rewind when I saw that first skip-step around the first dead guy.
- Really pretty fire effects - makes me excited for how they'll do sand/desert.
- Multiple-enemy brawling.
- "This an inner ear thing?!" Series continues to be hilarious on the fly.
- Wallpaper curling up from the fire.
- Environment burning and going brittle and stuff.
- Snazzy melee fighting that involves stealing a guy's gun and beating him to death with it.
- Everything looks and sounds GORGEOUS.
So yeah. Uncharted. 11/1/11 cannot come soon enough.
