It appears that the Uncharted film is beginning to pick up some steam, and is closer than ever to entering production.

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In an interview with The Playlist , Uncharted director Shawn Levy gave an update to the elusive film, saying it has a solid script, star, and is nearer to the horizon than his other film, Starman."As of right now, the closest to the starting line is Uncharted in that it’s a massive title," said Levy. "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."An Uncharted movie has been slowly developing for some time now, with Sony working to put Nathan Drake on the big screen as far back as 2009 . After various casting and directorial shakeups , the latest Spider-Man actor Tom Holland has been cast as a young Nathan Drake and Stranger Things executive producer and director Shawn Levy is set to direct When Holland was cast as Nathan Drake in May 2017, Sony was reportedly still looking for a scriptwriter after dropping Joe Carnahan's completed script for the movie. For more on its ever-changing road to theaters, check out the strange history of the Uncharted movie Though many fans wanted to see Firefly's Nathan Fillion take up the mantle of Nathan Drake in the official film, they did at least get to see him play the role in a recent fan film . The fifteen-minute short film got the seal of approval from current and former Naughty Dog employees

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