'Uncharted' to Lead New Movies in Theaters This Weekend
by EG
Tom Holland is set to be the biggest star at the box office again this weekend, but not in Spider-Man: No Way Home this time. Instead, Holland will be starring in Uncharted, an adaptation of a video game franchise that marks the first time Holland has starred in a movie outside the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Read on for details.
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On Monday, Spider-Man: No Way Home crawled its way past Avatar’s $760.5 million to become the third highest domestic grosser of all time. With that milestone reached, the baton is ready to be passed to Sony’s Uncharted, the long-awaited video game adaptation that also gives Tom Holland his biggest role yet outside of the MCU. The adventure film, which co-stars Mark Wahlberg, should spark things up at the box office after what has been a soft start to the year.
Ruben Fleischer directs Uncharted after having successfully launched the Venom franchise for Sony (not to mention hitting the jackpot with the Zombieland films). The Indiana Jones-esque tale acts as a prequel to the games, telling the story of a young version of Nathan Drake (played by Holland) before he becomes the full-fledged, world-class treasure hunting hero. He is taken under the wing of Sully (Wahlberg) to find the lost treasure of the Magellan expedition. Sophia Ali, Tati Gabrielle and Antonio Banderas play supporting parts in the hopeful franchise starter.
The Uncharted video game series started in 2007 with Uncharted: Drake's Fortune for the PlayStation 3. The franchise has since become a major success for Sony, with a total of over 40 million copies sold worldwide, and the last main series game Uncharted 4: A Thief's End was the biggest yet, selling over 15 million copies. It has been a long road to the big screen for the series, and attempts for an adaptation began shortly after the first game came out. A decade and many directors ago, Wahlberg was set to play Nathan Drake, only for the project to change hands and shape numerous times before getting to Tom Holland as a young version of the character, with Wahlberg back as the mentor/sidekick.
Uncharted is actually Tom Holland’s first major starring role in a live action film outside of the MCU. Since he debuted as Peter Parker in Captain America: Civil War in 2016, Holland voiced the lead characters in Spies in Disguise and Onward, and he also starred in the Russo brothers’ Cherry, which released on Apple TV+, and Antonio Campos’ The Devil All the Time, which released on Netflix. Despite staying busy, Uncharted will be the first real test of his star power at the box office when he isn’t portraying the beloved superhero.
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