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In an exclusive by Deadline, it was revealed that there have been some developments in the long rumored Uncharted movie launch. It looks like Tom Holland (Spider-Man: Homecoming) has signed on to play a young Nathan Drake in Uncharted.

If Sony actually goes ahead with production on this film, it would mark his second franchise. Deadline reports that this reformulation of the franchise was inspired after Sony Pictures chief Tom Rothman saw the recent cut of Spider-Man Homecoming. Having seen Tom Holland’s performance, they are planning on reshaping their original thoughts on the franchise to focus on a younger, less-established Nathan Drake.

The studio has tried for years to attempt to lauch a movie adaptation of the Uncharted franchise. And, don’t get me wrong, but it’s surprising that nothing has really made any progress until now. There is so much material to work from. However, the studio has filtered through various directors and various scripts written by Joe Carnahan, David Guggenheim, and Eric Warren Singer with little success.

With this new focus on a younger Nathan Drake, Sony Pictures is going ahead with a new writer to draft a storyline. It looks like this particular focus will be similar to the third videogame in the franchise – Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception. So, a prequel that may or may not be similar to The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, but in movie form? We’ll see.

Shawn Levy will be directing the film. Uncharted is being produced by Charles Roven, Avi Arad, Alex Gartner, and Ari Arad.

What do you think of this news? Are you excited to finally see Uncharted  in a movie format? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

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Sarah Musnicky

Sarah is a freelance writer and self-described workaholic. She loves fantasy and sci fi and will admit having dual loyalties between Star Trek and Star Wars as well as Marvel and DC. When she's not being socially awkward, she is in a corner obsessing over dragons, cute things, and a need to master all languages on the planet. She would like to be a professional blanket burrito when she reaches the peak of maturation.