Tom Holland’s Uncharted film recruiting main Transformers star

Tom Holland’s upcoming Uncharted film is reportedly near casting a serious Transformers star in a key position.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Mark Wahlberg is in ultimate negotiations to star reverse Holland as Sully.

For these unfamiliar with the vastly widespread PlayStation online game, it centres on treasure underneath Nathan Drake (Holland) who journeys the world over to uncover varied historic mysteries.

Drake is usually aided by shut good friend and fellow treasure hunter Sully, who additionally acts as a mentor and father determine to Drake and steadily bails him out of bother.

The movie will likely be directed by Travis Knight, who was behind the Transformers spin-off Bumblebee.

Previous director Dan Trachtenberg, who left the venture in August, had revealed it will give attention to Nathan Drake’s life earlier than the occasions of the primary recreation.

“I have been approached with different versions of this tale and have always been not that interested in it because I didn’t really want to trace the game,” he stated.

“I did not actually really feel prefer it was in any respect worthy of constructing a online game adaptation, if we’re simply gonna copy what the sport is and simply serve individuals a lesser expertise than what they’ve skilled in such an unbelievable manner.

“If Naughty Dog so selected to make one other Uncharted recreation that includes Nate and Sully… this film’s story might be the story that they might wish to inform.”

Uncharted will likely be launched in cinemas on December 18, 2020.

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