As many Uncharted fans are well aware, it has taken years for the film based on the video game franchise to get off the ground, with the movie's pre-production period having seen myriad shakeups since it was announced. That said, though, there's a chance that we all may actually get to watch a major motion picture production featuring Nathan Drake in our lifetimes, as director Shawn Levy recently teased that shooting for the movie could be underway soon.

According to Levy, the Uncharted film is "closest to the starting line" when it comes to all of the Stranger Things director's projects in the pipeline. He went on to say that the script for the movie is "very good" and that with Spider-Man: Homecoming's Tom Holland already cast in the starring role as Nathan Drake, the "schedule and additional casting" will come next. Summing up the movie's current state in his slate of work, Levy said, "As of right now, [the Uncharted film] seems to be the most near horizon."

As of now, this seems to be the most stable ground that the Uncharted movie has been on since its inception, as there have been innumerable postponements since it was announced all the way back in 2009. As it so happens, the film project was going to start filming in early 2015 when Seth Gordon took over, despite the fact that the lead role had yet to be cast. Interestingly enough, rumors then came out a bit later on that Mark Wahlberg was attached to play Nathan Drake, but of course, we know now to not be true.

All things considered, one can only hope for the sake of Levy and his crew that the Uncharted film's shooting gets underway soon, as filmmaker Allan Ungar and Firefly star Nathan Fillion's short film based on the game could lead to "something more" in the near future and beat the movie to the punch. After all, many fans of the action-adventure franchise already consider Fillion to be the best choice for Nathan Drake, and will likely gravitate more toward whatever he and Ungar can cook up next if given the chance.

The Uncharted movie has yet to receive an official release date.

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