{"id":171813,"date":"2018-07-18T02:53:12","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T06:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=171813"},"modified":"2018-07-18T02:53:12","modified_gmt":"2018-07-18T06:53:12","slug":"nathan-fillion-stars-in-short-film-adaptation-of-uncharted-video-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/07\/18\/nathan-fillion-stars-in-short-film-adaptation-of-uncharted-video-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Nathan Fillion stars in short film adaptation of ‘Uncharted’ video game"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The actor himself has also long wanted to play Nathan Drake. (Photo By vagueonthehow from Tadcaster, York, England – Nathan Fillion @ Nerd HQ, CC BY 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

TORONTO — Edmonton-born actor Nathan Fillion is mapping out his own “Uncharted” course.<\/p>\n

On Monday, he and Toronto director Allan Ungar unveiled a short “fan film” adaptation of the popular PlayStation video game “Uncharted” on YouTube, with Fillion in the lead role of treasure hunter Nathan (Nate) Drake.<\/p>\n

Many “Uncharted” fans have long wished for the former “Castle” star to play the adventurer\/thief, noting they share a similar look and mix of brawn and humour.<\/p>\n

The actor himself has also long wanted to play Nathan Drake.<\/p>\n

Yet in the years that a big-screen version has been in development at Sony, Fillion’s name hasn’t been attached.<\/p>\n

Perhaps that will change with this surprise new project, which is in no way associated with Sony or “Uncharted” video-game developer Naughty Dog, they say.<\/p>\n

“There’s that little part of every one of us that safety-pinned a towel around our necks so that we could fly as a kid — that’s the itch that’s being scratched inside of me with this project,” Fillion, who recently teased the idea on his Instagram account, said Monday in a phone interview.<\/p>\n

“It’s the ‘Indiana Jones’ that we’ve all been waiting for.”<\/p>\n

Both Fillion and Ungar said they’ve been fans of the video game since it launched in 2007.<\/p>\n

“It’s a character that I love, it’s a character that is flawed, it’s a character that I can relate to,” Fillion said.<\/p>\n

“What’s so great and wonderful about ‘Uncharted’ is that it’s like a\u00a0movie\u00a0— you are immersed in a film,” added Ungar.<\/p>\n

Toronto producer Alex Lebovici introduced Fillion to Ungar, who came up with the idea for the short. He also directed the 15-minute fan film and co-wrote it with Jesse Wheeler.<\/p>\n

Ungar said he wanted to focus on the story and the character’s heart and humour rather than “big set pieces, exotic locales, explosions and action.”<\/p>\n

They shot it over five days in May in Los Angeles, with a cast that also includes Stephen Lang as mentor Victor (Sully) Sullivan, Mircea Monroe as journalist Elena Fisher, and Geno Segers as the villain.<\/p>\n

The fan film sees Nathan Drake, wearing his signature shoulder holster, being held captive and hunting treasure in the Baja Peninsula, Mexico.<\/p>\n

“When you’re watching a superhero\u00a0movie\u00a0and you’re seeing the montage of the donning of the equipment … that was me in my mind getting changed every day for this project,” said Fillion, who played Capt. Malcolm Reynolds in the series “Firefly” and its feature film continuation, “Serenity.”<\/p>\n

“Doing this project for me with Allan and just having all this fun, to me it’s like buying a lottery ticket. I don’t expect to win the lottery but I still have an amazing time.”<\/p>\n

As for the odds of winning that jackpot and turning the short film into a big-screen\u00a0movie?<\/p>\n

Fillion and Ungar aren’t speculating.<\/p>\n

“When we first sat down and spoke about this, I think we agreed that no matter what happens, this is what we set out to accomplish,” Ungar said.<\/p>\n

“We don’t want to cheapen what we did, which was a love letter to this incredible property, a love letter to fans who have wanted to see something,” added Fillion.<\/p>\n

“We’ve wanted to see something for 10 years. It’s been a long time. I’m super excited to see what Sony has (in store), I’m super excited to go watch any ‘Uncharted’\u00a0movie.\u00a0I’m a fan — I just got a little tired of waiting.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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