Uncharted movie gains National Treasure writers, loses Limitless director

The game-based film takes another step backward.

The silver screen adaptation of Naughty Dog's Uncharted: Drake's Fortune has two new writers and an empty seat in the director's chair, according to a Variety report.

Limitless director Neil Burger is no longer at the film's helm, and National Treasure writers Marianne and Cormac Wibberley are re-penning the script for the film, according to the report. Sony will allegedly wait until the Wibberleys complete the script rewrite until choosing a new director.

Aside from the National Treasure films, the Wibberleys have also written Bad Boys II, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle and the USA original series Common Law. I just imagined an Uncharted film starring Nicholas Cage and Cameron Diaz, and I cringed.

I'm definitely more optimistic for Michael Fassbender's Assassin's Creed film than this Uncharted one so far...

Staff article by Jonathan Davila (August 24, 2012) A bio for this contributor is currently unavailable, but check back soon to see if that changes. If you are the author of this news article, you can update your bio from the Settings page.