Sony has confirmed Uncharted 2 is formally in growth, although particulars concerning the film sequel are scarce.
As reported by Variety, Sony Pictures govt Steven O’Dell confirmed the information throughout Sony’s presentation on the 2024 CineEurope commerce present. He listed the sequel to the Tom Holland-starring Uncharted movie adaptation as one of many studio’s upcoming initiatives, confirming that the film is formally shifting ahead.
An Uncharted follow-up has been in mentioned for some time, however that is the primary time Sony has acknowledged it’s occurring. The first film struck gold with a $139 million international field workplace opening weekend in 2022, main Sony Pictures Chairman and CEO Tom Rothman to name Uncharted “a brand new hit film franchise for the corporate.”
Producer Charles Roven confirmed final yr that the ship hadn’t sailed on the sequel and that he was “positively trying” to make one other Uncharted film, persevering with the adventures of Nathan Drake and Victor “Sully” Sullivan. Mark Wahlberg later revealed that Uncharted 2 had a script lined up and able to go.
While there was no affirmation of solid, Wahlberg let slip in February of this yr that he acquired instructed to start out rising a moustache in preparation for his position as Sully. “I simply acquired a name in the present day that they acquired the script in,” he shared, including that that they had mentioned to “Start rising your moustache. It’s gonna take some time.”
The first Uncharted film acted as extra of a prequel to the Naughty Dog action-adventure collection as a substitute of a direct adaptation. However, Wahlberg confirmed up within the film’s post-credits scene with a moustache, signalling that the cinematic adventures will transition into the interval through which the video video games happen.
Uncharted had an infamously troubled highway to launch, however the sequel seems to be lastly getting off the bottom.
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