After more than a decade in development hell, Sony's Uncharted movie has wrapped filming and Mark Wahlberg presented fans with Sully's Havana shirt to celebrate it.Sony Pictures confirmed the movie's completion on Twitter with a photo featuring an Uncharted clapperboard with the names of director Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland, Venom) and director of photography Chung-hoon Chung. "Greatness from small beginnings. That's a wrap on [Uncharted]," Sony commented.
At the same time, Wahlberg, who was cast in Uncharted as Victor "Sully" Sullivan -- the aging mentor and father figure to protagonist Nathan Drake -- posted a photo featuring a green Havana shirt hung on a rack with a cigar resting on a nearby ashtray-- both items being regular fixtures of Sully's character outside of his trademark mustache. "Here we go, kid." the actor wrote.
Since it was announced in 2008, the Uncharted movie has seen numerous delays due to the film repeatedly getting passed onto multiple directors and screenwriters. Wahlberg was initially in talks to play Drake before the role was given to Tom Holland, with Fleischer deciding to make his story about a young Nathan Drake. Previous directors before Fleischer included David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook), Dan Trachtenberg (10 Cloverfield Lane) and Travis Knight (Bumblebee).
During that time, Canadian director Allan Ungar released a nearly fifteen minute Uncharted short film in 2018 starring Nathan Fillion as Drake. The short received critical acclaim from fans and major personnel at Uncharted gaming studio Naughty Dog including Amy Henning, Neil Druckmann and Drake's voice actor Nolan North.
Created in 2007, the Uncharted games follow the globe-trotting adventures of Nathan Drake, a fortune hunter, thief and self-proclaimed descendant of the explorer Sir Francis Drake. Often joined by his mentor Sully and journalist-turned-love-interest (and later wife) Elena, as well as a handful of colorful side characters, Drake regularly uncovers hidden treasures and lost cities, fights dangerous rivals and survives death-defying scenarios by the skin of his teeth. The character's story concluded in 2016's Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, though a spinoff entry based around supporting character Chloe Frazer, titled Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, was released in 2017 to positive reviews.
Directed by Ruben Fleischer, Uncharted stars Tom Holland and Wahlberg alongside Antonio Banderas, Sophia Ali and Tati Gabrielle. The film is set to arrive in theaters on July 16, 2021.
Source: Twitter