The success of the “Venom” franchise is hard to deny as the first two installments have earned a combined $1.3 billion at the global box office. This has emboldened Sony to continue to pump out more live-action “Spider-Man” spinoffs with “Venom 3,” “Kraven The Hunter,” “Madame Web,” and the next release, “Morbius,” set to be released in early April.

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Sony’s feature film “Uncharted” may have its origins in a PlayStation game, but the real inspiration comes from a more analog source: jet-setting adventure flicks of decades past. The film’s script, the product of six credited writers, feels like a “frankensteined” effort of unrealized sequels to series such as “Indiana Jones” or “National Treasure.” Like the figures portrayed on screen, there’s a grail just evading their grasp.

Continue reading ‘Uncharted’ Review: Tom Holland’s Charms Can’t Keep This Adventure On Course at The Playlist.

With all of the buzz surrounding the Sundance Film Festival last month and with the Berlin International Film Festival poised to begin later this month, it’s easy to miss some of the smaller films released on the regular schedule. While January failed to offer many must-see titles, February looks to offer more with films such as likely Oscar nominee “The Worst Person in the World” sharing release dates with the anticipated return of Johnny Knoxville and the gang in “Jackass Forever.” Later in the month will see another attempt to adapt a video game into a series building film, Channing Tatum’s directing debut, and the return of indie favorite Josephine Decker.

Continue reading 13 Films To See In February: ‘Jackass Forever,’ ‘Worst Person,’ ‘Dog’ & More at The Playlist.

After years of development and several release date delays, it appears Sony sort of lucked out with the current scheduled release of “Uncharted.” After Tom Holland appeared in “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and earned record-breaking box office, now would seem like the perfect time to capitalize on that success and release yet another film with the young actor in it, right?

READ MORE: Tom Holland Says Now Might Be The “Perfect Time” To Stop Playing Spider-Man After ‘No Way Home’ Success

Well, that’s exactly what’s happening, and in the final trailer for “Uncharted,” we once again see how Sony is adapting the popular video game franchise into a modern “Indiana Jones”-esque adventure tale.

Continue reading ‘Uncharted’ Final Trailer: Tom Holland Goes On A Treasure Hunt With Mark Wahlberg In New Film at The Playlist.

While the search for the new James Bond begins in 2022, there’s one actor, who fans enjoy quite a bit, out there talking about how he wouldn’t mind the job. Though, he does understand that he might be a bit too young. That said, it appears that Tom Holland is not only interested in playing James Bond, but the ‘Spider-Man’ star already pitched the studio on a Bond origin story that eventually turned into him landing another action franchise. 

Continue reading Tom Holland Said A Failed James Bond Origin Film Pitch Led To Him Landing ‘Uncharted’ at The Playlist.

Tom Holland is on top of the world right now. Last weekend, his most recent superhero film, “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” not only broke seemingly every pandemic-era box office record, but the film went on to have the second biggest worldwide opening weekend of all time, behind only “Avengers: Endgame.” And it would appear that ‘No Way Home’ is going to be the first film to break the $1 billion mark since 2019.

Continue reading ‘Uncharted’ Trailer: Tom Holland Trades The Superhero Costume For Adventuring Gear In Sony’s Video Game Adaptation at The Playlist.

After nearly a decade in development, the film adaptation of “Uncharted,” one of the best-selling video-game franchises of the past decade, finally hits theaters in winter 2022. Fans of the series will experience the character Nate Drake using his quick wits and social savvy to hunt treasure on the big screen.

READ MORE: ‘Uncharted’: Tom Holland Shares First Look at Nathan Drake From Reuben Fleischer’s Upcoming Film

Drake’s movie debut takes inspiration from the fourth installment of the game franchise, Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, and will serve as a prequel of sorts to the rest of the series.  Tom Holland plays Drake, a brilliant young smart-aleck with a shady past who picks up the lucrative trade of treasure hunting.  Mark Wahlberg is on board to play Victor Sullivan, Drake’s mentor in all things fortune-seeking. Antonio Banderas, Sophia Taylor Ali, and Tati Gabrielle also star in supporting roles.   

READ MORE: Ruben Fleischer Set To Direct ‘Uncharted’ As Film Welcomes Antonio Banderas To The Cast

“Uncharted” has had a lot of hiccups in its transition from video-game to Hollywood blockbuster.

Continue reading ‘Uncharted’ Trailer: Tom Holland Is The Treasure Hunter In A Long-Awaited Video Game Adaptation at The Playlist.

If you’re an astute film fan, looking at the laundry list of streaming services, such as Disney+, Paramount+, and Peacock, makes you notice one thing — where is Sony Pictures’ streaming service? Well, the short answer is Sony just doesn’t have one. And honestly, considering the studio has the rights to ‘Spider-Man’ films, as well as “Jumanji,” “Bad Boys for Life,” and the upcoming “Uncharted,” it’s not like there aren’t massive blockbusters that would make for an attractive film library.

Continue reading Netflix & Sony Strike Streaming Deal That Includes 2022 Film Slate, Sony’s Library Titles & New Originals at The Playlist.

Many moons ago, when we were so much younger and so much more innocent, back in March 2020, when the pandemic first started, Sony Pictures looked like smart trailblazers. They saw the writing on the wall immediately and knew “Tenet” in the summer of 2020 would be a joke: the company wrote off 2020 entirely (someone was talking to Dr. Fauci, it seems) and moved their entire slate to 2021, abandoning 2020 as a write off year and they were right.

Continue reading Sony Release Dates Scramble: ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ Moves To November, ‘Uncharted’ Shifts To 2022 at The Playlist.

In summer 2019, Sony Pictures made the PlayStation Productions, announcement–a new creative division that would develop new film and television projects based on their video games.  It’s been over a year since we’ve heard much, but a new update has arrived from Sony Pictures CEO Tony Vinciquerra.

READ MORE: Filmmakers Have Been Calling Sony Pictures A Lot More After WB/HBO Max Deal, According to CEO

Vinciquerra recently spoke with CNBC (via Media Post), where he teased a wave of future projects based on PlayStation properties mentioning three feature films and seven television series in the works.

Continue reading Sony Pictures CEO Teases A Wave of New PlayStation Film & TV Projects Beyond ‘Uncharted’ & ‘The Last of Us’ at The Playlist.

I’m not telling you anything you don’t know. Aside from the election result, Trashfire 2020™ was a shitty year. And a weird and disorienting year thanks to COVID-19 and having to shelter-in-place, quarantine, and social distance from one another blah, blah, blah coronavirus f*cked us hard. Movies certainly took it in the teeth this year, and especially the theatrical industrial complex, which feels like it’s on its last legs. But regardless of what happens next for theaters, people are going to continue making and releasing movies.

Continue reading The 100 Most Anticipated Films Of 2021 at The Playlist.

Almost exactly 10 years ago, we reported that Mark Wahlberg was up for the lead role of Nathan Drake in David O. Russell’s “Uncharted” film. At the time, this film adaptation of the popular video game franchise was a no-brainer, as people absolutely adore the source material and the story feels just enough like “Indiana Jones” that it could fill a void left by that Spielberg franchise.

Continue reading ‘Uncharted’: Tom Holland Shares First Look At Nathan Drake From Ruben Fleischer’s Upcoming Film at The Playlist.

The coronavirus pandemic has put a cramp in every studio’s style. Following the news that Marvel will push its “Doctor Strange” sequel out of the fall 2021 frame to March 2022, Sony has muscled in on the open territory. Though, in fact, the multiple release date shuffles announced today might have been done in some kind of conjunction with Sony given the two studios are interconnected and business partners in the world of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Continue reading ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Sequel & ‘Spider-Verse 2’ Delayed Amid Sony Release Date Reshuffle at The Playlist.

At this point, it’s to be expected, but apparently, the upcoming Sony/Marvel Studios collaboration, the as-yet-untitled ‘Spider-Man 3,’ is likely going to be the latest blockbuster to see its production delayed, as the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the film industry.

READ MORE: Sony Delays Multiple 2020 Films Into 2021: ‘Morbius,’ ‘Ghostbusters’ & More

According to a report from the BFI, ‘Spider-Man 3,’ which was expected to begin production this summer is likely going to see its filming delayed.

Continue reading Tom Holland Might Have Two Films In Limbo As ‘Spider-Man 3’ Reportedly Facing Production Delay at The Playlist.

For the past few weeks, we’ve seen studios scramble to move films that were scheduled to be released in theaters this spring until later this year. Usually, it’s a case-by-case basis, with studios waiting until there was no other choice but to delay. However, in the case of Sony and its big 2020 films, the studio decided the best move is to plan for the future and delay pretty much every major film on its slate until 2021.

Continue reading Sony Delays Multiple 2020 Films Into 2021: ‘Morbius,’ ‘Ghostbusters’ & More at The Playlist.

Ready for this? It appears that Sony’s long-awaited “Uncharted” film is actually still happening. I know, shocking, right? Not only is Tom Holland still attached (hinting that production was going to kick off soon), but there’s also a new report that the cast is actually coming together too, featuring none other than Antonio Banderas. And perhaps the best news of all, “Uncharted” finally has a new director!

Continue reading Ruben Fleischer Set To Direct ‘Uncharted’ As Film Welcomes Antonio Banderas To The Cast at The Playlist.

Despite its half a dozen directors that have come and gone, Sony keeps pushing forward with a film adaptation of the “Uncharted” video game series. And yes, Tom Holland is still attached, even though it does seem like Holland might age out of the role by the time production actually begins on the role. Wait a second…”Uncharted” is going to start shooting in a month?

Continue reading Tom Holland Says ‘Uncharted’ Starts Filming In A Month But There’s Still No Director Announced at The Playlist.

With any long-gestating studio project, it’s not strange to see a handful of rumors about possible directors. What makes Sony’s long-gestating “Uncharted” adaptation special, however, is how many of them have been confirmed. Since David O. Russell was first attached to direct the film in 2010, Sony has announced the hiring – and the subsequent departure – of Neil Burger, Seth Gordon, Shawn Levy, and Travis Knight.

Continue reading ‘Venom’s Ruben Fleischer Is The Latest Rumored ‘Uncharted’ Director at The Playlist.

As we look back at the last decade, on this final day of the 2010s, surely there are no movies more “cursed” than “Gambit” and “Uncharted.” The former seems to be doomed to never exist thanks to the Disney purchase of Fox, but it’s assumed that somewhere Channing Tatum is working on the 458th draft of the script. In the case of the latter film, despite losing five directors and eventually settling on Travis Knight, “Uncharted” seemed finally ready to go into production and be released in 2020.

Continue reading Director Travis Knight Leaves ‘Uncharted’ Due To Tom Holland’s ‘Spider-Man’ Schedule at The Playlist.

It appears that after years of development, with various actors and directors coming and going, Sony is finally moving forward with its “Uncharted” film adaptation. This time, the studio has settled on Tom Holland starring and Travis Knight (“Bumblebee“) on board as director. And in a nice turn of events, it seems as if the studio is bringing back one of the actors that were originally going to star in the film’s lead role as a supporting character.

Continue reading Mark Wahlberg To Star Alongside Tom Holland In Sony’s ‘Uncharted’ at The Playlist.

The Tom Holland news keeps on coming today. After the surprise announcement that Sony and Disney have worked out their differences and will continue to share the “Spider-Man” franchise, it appears that another franchise for the actor, “Uncharted,” has been saved, also.

According to Deadline, Sony has worked out a deal to bring filmmaker Travis Knight on board to direct the upcoming “Uncharted” film, which is still set to star Holland as Nathan Drake.

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Tom Holland is having a bit of a rough week, huh? After everyone went crazy with the news that Sony and Disney ended their production deal on the ‘Spider-Man’ film franchise, the latest news sees another Holland project hit a bit of a rough patch, as the director of the long-in-development “Uncharted” film departs.

According to Deadline, Dan Trachtenberg has left the production on “Uncharted,” leaving Sony to rush to find a replacement, so that the film doesn’t get delayed once again.

Continue reading Sony’s ‘Uncharted’ Loses Another Director As Tom Holland-Led Film Inches Closer To Production at The Playlist.

We’ve literally been covering the long-gestating “Uncharted” film for the past 8 years. The adaptation of a popular video game has had numerous filmmakers and stars come and go, teasing fans with a potential blockbuster franchise. Names like David O. Russell, Robert De Niro, Mark Wahlberg, Scarlett Johansson, Neil Burger, Seth Gordon, and Chris Pratt have all been linked to the film in one way or another over the last decade.

Continue reading Director Shawn Levy Leaves ‘Uncharted’ Adaptation For A New Action-Comedy Starring Ryan Reynolds at The Playlist.

When Shawn Levy helped pitch the Duffer Bros. “Stranger Things” to networks in 2015 he readily admits he didn’t think a period ’80s show with inter-dimensional monsters was going to become a TV awards season staple.  Two complete seasons later the fan favorite Netflix series has earned 31 Emmy nominations including back-to-back Outstanding Drama Series nods and five wins last year including Outstanding Casting and Outstanding Title Design.  

Continue reading Shawn Levy: Despite Teaser ‘Stranger Things’ Season 3 Will Get “Darker” Than You Expect at The Playlist.

As much as I’ve run down the crazy history of Sony‘s long brewing video game adaptation “Uncharted” multiple times, for those of you just playing catch up, here’s what you need to know. The studio has been trying to make a feature film out of the hit platformer for years now. At one time, some pretty big names kicked the tires, including David O. Russell who ambitiously wanted to bring in names like Mark Wahlberg, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Scarlett Johansson.

Continue reading Tom Holland To Lead Long Developing Video Game Adaptation ‘Uncharted’ at The Playlist.