Variety is reporting that David O. Russell has been replaced by Limitless director Neil Burger on the upcoming Uncharted movie. It’s a smart move on the studio’s part and one that will hopefully help a film which seems to have been plagued from day one.

When it was announced that Mark Wahlberg would be playing Nathan Drake, fans of the videogame were outraged. There was a lot of backlash and a negative buzz started circling the project.

Then we heard there were problems with Russell’s 200 page script, which included a whole handful of brand new characters that weren’t in the videogame. When gamers heard this, coupled with the fact that David O. Russell hadn’t even played the game, there was something of an online revolt led by die hard fans.

Eventually, Russell left the film and today we learn that Neil Burger will be his replacement. No word yet on what Wahlberg’s status is but with Russell gone, I can’t see Marky Mark staying on board. And honestly, he’s not the right man for the job either.

Personally, I couldn’t be happier about this. Neil Burger, while not on the A-list yet, has been on a number of high profile shortlists and after the success he found with Limitless, his star is slowly rising. This is a huge project for the relatively small director but I have full confidence in him and I know that he’ll be able to pull it off.

He brought to Limitless a certain visual spark, a certain razzle dazzle that stylistically at least, made it pretty unique. Burger has also done some excellent work with films like The Illusionist, another film that was quite visually pleasing and interesting.

Hopefully fans will rest easy now that Russell is gone and a replacement has been found. I’m curious to know though what they think of Burger taking over the reigns of their beloved franchise.

Are you an Uncharted fan? What do you think of this?

http://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/neil-burger-replaces-david-russell-uncharted-film/

who woulda thunk? what do you guys think of it?

I dont know much about the new director (never seen limitless) but he cant completely f**k up the franchise like David O. Russell was about to do.

Good.

I think Uncharted would translate very well into an action movie, the game itself has the right blend of humour, mystery and action.

I don't think the movie should follow the story of the game completely, it just seems cheesy and awkward when they do that, they need to mix it up a little bit.

Also...I hope the let Nathan Fillion play Nathan Drake, he is perfect for the part.

have you watched the Illusionist?

They need to get whoever directed the bourne movies. :)

I don't really hold out much hope for this film, but it seems they've found a director who might steer the project in a better direction.

I found Limitless pretty entertaining, so perhaps he can turn the Uncharted movie into an enjoyable experience also.

tbh I personally hope it's NOT Fillion. to me he is just too old to be Drake

but this man for example would be perfect

I doubt whether this should be released if it does not focus on the fans. These people probably doesn't know Nathan Drake's background or how some of the antagonists (such as Lazarevic) ended up dying. No Elena, Chloe, Sully, or Tenzin would disappoint me.

@M.U.G.E.N

I didnt see it but I heard it was good.

I don't care who does it as long as it's good.