
CRAVE Online: Are you going to be keeping a lot of David O. Russell’s work…?
Neil Burger: No, I haven’t seen his screenplay on it. Mainly we’re beginning from scratch and going back to the videogame. Because there’s a lot of cool stuff, actually, from the videogame, if you know it…
CRAVE Online: Yeah, I’ve played them all.
Neil Burger: It’s really one of the most cinematic videogames, and one that has really developed characters. So, you know, there’s a lot of cool, really intense things that, if they work for the film’s story, I want to use them.
This means a new script to be written and new casting, so it looks like no more Mark Wahlberg for Nathan Drake.
He also seems to show a deep understanding of what makes the source material so prime to be made into a movie. I showed my happiness when the news of David O Russell leaving hit, since his idea seemed to have very little to do with the game. Neil Burger's treatment, though at a very early stage, sounds very much like he knows what he's doing and doesn't want to just make his own story, taking only character names. I have to say, I'm looking forward to the end product.
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