Mark Wahlberg has revealed that he is set to star in David O.Russell’s ‘Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune’, a film based on the video game of the same name. In a recent interview, Wahlberg confirmed that he will play the lead, Nathan Drake, a descendant of Sir Francis Drake who embarks on a quest to uncover the fabled city of El Dorado. The collaboration between Wahlberg and O.Russell continues a lifelong love affair. The two just can’t get enough of each other. As well as ‘Three Kings’ and ‘I Heart Huckabees’, they recently worked together in ‘The Fighter’, a boxing biopic (like we needed another) about Mickey Ward, which is set to be released next month.
Here’s what Wahlberg had to say about the director and ‘Uncharted’ -
“David is one of the best writer/directors I’ve ever worked with,” Wahlberg said. “The idea that he has is just insane. So hopefully we’ll be making that movie this summer.”
David O. Russell is rumoured to be interested in getting Robert De Nero and Joe Pesci in on the project as Drake’s father and uncle. Here’s what Wahlberg had to say about that -
“I’m obviously in whatever David wants to do, but the idea of it is so off the charts: De Niro being my father, Pesci being my uncle. It’s not going to be the watered-down version, that’s for sure.”
We know that De Niro will do anything these days, and Pesci only comes out of retirement for really bad movies (The Good Shepherd), so I guess there is a possibility they might do this.
Is Wahlberg a good choice for Drake? Is there any chance that this will be a good movie?
via Movie-Moron
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