New Writers in Talks for "Uncharted" Movie

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Source:Latino Review

November 23, 2009

Latino Review has learned that Joshua Oppenheimer and Thomas Dean Donnelly--the writing duo behind Sahara and Sound of Thunder, as well as the upcoming Dead of Night and Conan--are coming aboard to pen the big screen adaptation of Sony's hit video game, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune.

It was previously announced that Kyle Ward was writing the script for the action-adventure, but apparently that deal never went through.

The story follows a descendant of explorer Sir Francis Drake, a treasure hunter named Nate Drake who believes he has learned the whereabouts of El Dorado, the fabled South American golden city, from a cursed golden statue. The search becomes competitive when a rival hunter joins the fray, then is ratcheted up several notches when creatures -- actually mutated descendants of Spaniards and Nazis -- begin attacking those hoping to learn the treasure's true secrets.

A sequel to the game, titled "Uncharted 2: Among Thieves," is now also available.

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