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[Gunslinger_75]

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rcoll_rorscharch wrote:

As critical as I am that he will get the role, the fact that he really wants it works in his favour... I do think he has the edge over Flanigan because both are equally unrecognisable to the general public because of their limited exposure (neither Firefly or Stargate: Atlantis were exactly high-rating), but Fillion has the public support.

But the fact that it's a role he wants the role would put him over most of the Hollywood cream, who would view the role as more of a publicity exercise. Even if they're not put off by the high failure rate of videogame movies, many might see it too much as a poor man's Indiana Jones and don't want that stigma. Therefore it's not only possible but increasingly-likely that the nod may go to Fillion. Better to have a no-name actor playing a good part with good material you can use in the trailers than a big-name actor who looks bored throughout.

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If they go big-budget then I think the studio would rather have an A-lister, bored or not, that they can slap on the posters and other marketing rather than an enthusiastic nobody that the general public wouldn't know from Adam.

[tjohn323]

I dont want this movie to be made .

Hollywood has the poo touch these days...that

and the fact that Im yet to see an amazing live action

film based on a game

[rcoll_rorscharch]

Now that Robert De Niro's name has been attached to the project, I want everyone to know I called it

http://au.movies.ign.com/articles/113/1134031p1.html

Also Mark Wahlberg is being pursued as Drake as well as Joe Pesci for an unknown role.

[smelck]

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rcoll_rorscharch wrote:

Now that Robert De Niro's name has been attached to the project, I want everyone to know I called it

http://au.movies.ign.com/articles/113/1134031p1.html

Also Mark Wahlberg is being pursued as Drake as well as Joe Pesci for an unknown role.

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***** (I reserve my use of this for rare moments) ...but Mark Wahlberg as Drake is nuts.....while I don't hate him as an actor, he's not Drake..fullstop..

It seems to be that directors have pet favourite actors/actresses they work with (Cameron/Weaver) (Burton/Depp, Bonham-Carter) but a tad more research of the character traits may assist in this case.....I hope I am proved wrong, but I just don't see it ...really I don't ....but then I am clouded by actually having played the franchise to death and having some clue about what ND intended Drake to be like

whatever

[Gunslinger_75]

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rcoll_rorscharch wrote:

Now that Robert De Niro's name has been attached to the project, I want everyone to know I called it

http://au.movies.ign.com/articles/113/1134031p1.html

Also Mark Wahlberg is being pursued as Drake as well as Joe Pesci for an unknown role.

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DeNiro as Sully wouldn't actually be bad...  Sadly, that article left out the really hideous bit, though, as referenced here:

http://www.showbiz411.com/2010/11/12/deniro-pesci-reunion-for-movie-made-from-video-game

And I quote...

Right now, the script is being composed from scratch. Word is the actual video game didn’t have much there aside from a concept and a name.

*SSSSIIIIIGGGGGHHHH*

[rcoll_rorscharch]

Well, to some degree they can't simply rip the whole story from Uncharted... hell you may as well just rip the cutscenes from the game, sew them together and put them on YouTube and BAM you have your Uncharted movie.

Mark Wahlberg isn't as solid as Drake. Drake to me comes across about 6'0, maybe a little shorter, but with a very solid physique that Wahlberg doesn't have. Aside from the director's connections, he's got an action star background but also displayed comedic timing in The Other Guys, which are basically the two elements required to make up Drake. I dunno how funny Gerard Butler is, I haven't seen Bounty Hunter.

[Kcat10]

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[tjohn323]

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rcoll_rorscharch wrote:

Also Mark Wahlberg is being pursued as Drake as well as Joe Pesci for an unknown role.

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

They are going to ruin it I just know it

[rcoll_rorscharch]

Question, can anyone here imagine a film with De Niro and Pesci with no swearing?

[Gunslinger_75]

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rcoll_rorscharch wrote:

Well, to some degree they can't simply rip the whole story from Uncharted... hell you may as well just rip the cutscenes from the game, sew them together and put them on YouTube and BAM you have your Uncharted movie.

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I don't necessarily agree with that.  What's wrong with sticking to the story that's already there?  You might need to make some changes as part of the adaptation process... flesh out the plot and characters, lighten up on the action... but the core - a good story and good characters - is already there.

The Sin City movie was basically a panel-for-panel recreation of the graphic novels and that turned out fine.  Hell, when they're remaking other MOVIES they don't usually throw everything from the original out and just keep the "name and concept" (although that has been done from time to time, and sometimes even successfully e.g. Brian DePalma's Scarface), so I don't see what's wrong with keeping the core of the game intact.

But this is more a symptom of the general level of disdain which the movie industry still seems to feel for the games industry - "they can't possibly offer us anything creatively - all they've got is a licence which might put a few more bums on seats to watch some generic action flick we want to make for next summer".  And, of course, they invariably end up making a mess on it.  There has never been a good movie adaptation of a video game, and coincidentally there has never been one that paid more than cursory lip service to the game they're supposedly adapting.  The one that comes closest is probably Resident Evil, which at least kept some of the characters from the game even if the story has been an unrecognizable dog's breakfast since the first movie.  And, incidentally, that's the one that has made the most money out of all of them.