Nazi Mutants on Hold as David O. Russell Departs Uncharted

David O. Russell, who was writing and ostensibly set to direct the adaptation of the ‘Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune’ video game, is no longer involved in the project, reports Heat Vision.
The video game adaptation — which is being produced by Columbia Pictures — centers on a search for El Dorado complicated by Spanish/Nazi mutant creatures.
Insiders tell THR that one reason for the split was that Russell — hoping to reteam on the project with his Fighter star Mark Wahlberg — submitted a 200 page draft to the studio, adding new characters not present in the video game. The writing duo of Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer worked on the project before Russell signed aboard.
Columbia is now searching for new creatives to develop the project, though the Donnelly-Oppenheimer script was well-regarded and may still be used as a foundation for the film.
The premise charts the journey of protagonist Nathan Drake, supposed descendant of the explorer Sir Francis Drake, as he seeks the lost treasure of El Dorado, with the help of friend Victor “Sully” Sullivan and journalist Elena Fisher. Their journey is complicated when a rival hunter joins the fray, and is further amped up when creatures — mutated descendants of Spaniards and Nazis — begin attacking those hoping to learn the treasure’s true secrets.
Hopefully, we’re not the only ones who think this sounds like an awesome guilty pleasure