Neil Burger was recently confirmed as the new director of the Uncharted film adaptation, replacing David O. Russell. While Russell had a lot of ideas for the movie (many of which differed from the canon of the game storyline), though Burger is looking for a fresh start.
I haven t seen his screenplay on it. Mainly we re beginning from scratch and going back to the videogame. Because there s a lot of cool stuff, actually, from the videogame. said Burger. It s really one of the most cinematic videogames, and one that has really developed characters. So, you know, there s a lot of cool, really intense things that, if they work for the film’s story, I want to use them.
Castle star Nathan Fillion is a sentimental favorite to get the role of Nathan Drake, and for what it is worth, Burger is aware of the support he has. I ve seen a little bit of that, yes. That was brought to my attention, said Burger. So, you know, I think he s a good actor. I think there s a lot of really good actors who don t even look like [Nathan Drake] who could play it! Where we are right now is that we re literally starting from scratch on the screenplay, and I think that once we finish it, then we ll go to actors and see who s available and who s right for the parts. Whenever that happens.
Source: craveonline.com