Stranger Things ' Shawn Levy has reportedly stepped down from directing Sony's Uncharted film, as the video-game action-comedy, Free Guy has now been green lit at 20th Century Fox, reported by THR

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The search for a new director has begun, with Tom Holland still set to star in the long-awaited video-game adaptation Levy has a slew of other films coming up, and he told The Playlist in August that Uncharted was closer to production than any of his other films, such as Starman."As of right now, the closest to the starting line is Uncharted in that it’s a massive title," Levy said. "We now have a very good script and we have our star in Tom Holland. That is now subject to schedule and additional casting. But I would say as of right now, that seems to be the most near horizon. And it’s a movie I’m very excited about."Talks of an Uncharted feature film began circulating in 2009, and continuously got delayed due to directors dropping out or the script not getting pushed forward. Levy was attached to helm the movie since 2016 , but a release date was never announced.Tom Holland was cast in the lead role as Nathan Drake in 2017 after Chief of Sony Pictures, Tom Rothman, wanted Holland for the role after seeing a cut of Spider-Man: Homecoming at the time.To read more about the Uncharted film, check out the strange history of the development of the movie , and how Tom Holland thinks Chris Pratt should play Sully

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