Sony has hired 10 Cloverfield Lane's Dan Trachtenberg as the new director for the Uncharted movie, reported by Variety

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Previous director, Shawn Levy, stepped away from the video game adaptation last month due to scheduling conflicts with the movie Free Guy being green lit at 20th Century Fox. Tom Holland is still attached to star as Nathan Drake in the adaptation and filming is expected to begin by the end of 2019.Discussions of an Uncharted film began publicly circulating in 2009, but multiple directors dropping out and script decisions caused major delays. Levy was attached to helm the movie since 2016, but further details were never announced. Holland was cast in the lead role in 2017 after Tom Rothman, chief of Sony Pictures, wanted him for the role after seeing a cut of Spider-Man: Homecoming.The script, which is penned by Joe Carnahan, is set to be a prequel that follows Drake as he learns the in's and out's of treasure hunting and thievery from his mentor, Sully.For more on the Uncharted adaptation, read about which Avengers co-star Tom Holland hopes will play Sully , and to get excited for Trachtenberg now helming the film, read our review of 10 Cloverfield Lane , where we said it "is a gripping thriller bolstered by three great performances."

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