The 130,000 people (or more!! that attended the San Diego Comic-Con had plenty to occupy their attention, between all of the costumes, comics, games, movies and television shows that were buys pouring out hype. The convention was the perfect place to promote the intersection between gaming and movies, though, and the studios did not miss their chance. The three biggest movie projects based on games all had updates for the fans.
Sony Pictures announced that the upcoming movie based on Uncharted will be arriving in theaters on June 10, 2016. This slot had originally been reserved for The Amazing Spider-Man 3, but that film has been pushed back to 2018. A different film featuring some of Spider-Man’s top adversaries, The Sinister Six, will release later in 2016. Filming for Uncharted will begin next year, said director Seth Gordon (Horrible Bosses, Identity Thief). No one has been cast yet in the title role.
Another Sony picture, The Last of Us, also had news to excite the fans. The movie, based on the hit game of the same name, will be led by veteran director Sam Raimi (of The Amazing Spider-Man and The Evil Dead fame). Sony revealed that Game of Thrones actress Maisie Williams (who plays Arya Stark) is in talks to play the role of Ellie. So one has been named for the lead role of Joel, but Naughty Dog’s Neil Druckmann has said he’d like to see Bruce Campbell in the role).
Warcraft props
Moving away from Sony, we have the Warcraft movie, based on Blizzard’s World of Warcraft MMORPG. Legendary Pictures and Universal Studios unveiled the Warcraft movie logo, as well as decorating their booth with exclusive props from the film, which included the Doomhammer, Dragon Sword, and Lion Shield. Director Duncan Jones (Moon, Source Code) is helming the Warcraft project and also wrote the screenplay with Charles Leavitt (Blood Diamond). Dominic Cooper (Captain America: The First Avenger), Travis Fimmel (Vikings), Ben Foster (X-Men: The Last Stand), and Paula Patton (Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol) are set to star in the movie.
