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Uncharted movie director David O. Russell has told Slashfilm that he wants to make a movie that people will want to “watch and rewatch”.
The director of Three Kings and the Oscar nominated The Fighter admits that he’s not a hardcore gamer, but has played Uncharted, spoken to series creator Amy Hennig and has read as much as he could about the games.
“I’m not going to present myself as hardcore. But I played the game a bunch of times and I also read as much as I could about the game and I met the game’s creator, Amy Hennig, who’s really cool,” said Russell.
“I started to brew together what I thought could be a really cool idea that I’d never seen in a film before… Really intense action and really intense family dynamics on a global stage. To grow a game into a movie is an interesting proposition because a game is a very different experience than a movie. You guys are playing the game, and it’s about playing the game. It’s not about a narrative embracing you emotionally. You know what I’m saying? So, I want to create a world that is worthy of a really great film that people want to watch and rewatch, so that’s what I’m working on right now.”
Russell added that he’s being very respectful to the core content of the game, but also pointed out that there aren’t many amazing movies that stemmed from games.
“As far as I’m concerned, I’m very respectful as far as the core content and spirit of the game, but beyond that it’s my job as a filmmaker to make what I think is going to be an amazing movie. People have to trust that and let that go, I think,” said Russell. “There’s not a bunch of movies you can point to that are made from games that are amazing movies, that stand up to time as a franchise or as [individual films].”
We don’t totally agree with what Russell had to say about narrative and emotional connection in games, but we kind of see what he’s trying to say. Hopefully he can deliver a film which meets fan expectations.
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