The Mummy 2017 is what the Uncharted Movie should be.

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"X action movie with mythological elements is what the Uncharted movie should be." That's basically what you're saying.

There's no room for a Nate Drake movie based on any of the Uncharted game stories, because there are already movies that fit within the genre in existence / coming up. So no one should even bother trying.

There is actually no reason at all that any of the Uncharted games couldn't be made into a movie that sits comfortably in this genre and that is above average among all the movies that fit in this genre.

What video game adaptations mostly lack are:
1) writers who actually care about and respect the source, and who are actually good writers
2) directors who actually care about and respect the source, and who are actually good directors

The basic premise of Uncharted 1 and 2 (3 and 4 to a lesser extent) are very simple and easy treatments to pitch as good movie ideas. Their only handicap is the fact that the ideas were made into video games first. So Hollywood snobs are reflexively dismissive and the top Hollywood talent is not interested in being associated with such projects. Especially not since Prince of Persia went down in flames, which was only because it was given a ridiculously high production budget.

Video game adaptations need to be headed up by Hollywood talent who are also game enthusiasts. They should never be headed up by game enthusiasts who think they can be / are Hollywood talent.

I thought with video games becoming pretty mainstream in the 6th generation that creative talent would be through by now who can do video game adaptations justice. But it seems like that ideal talent pool is yet to emerge.

Chis Pratt is the obvious number 1 fan casting choice for Nate Drake. But he may be a little over exposed. Channing Tatum is actually also a pretty good option, his comedic credentials are not bad for a hunky hearthrob sort.