Nathan Fillion Wants to Be Nathan Drake
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Would be awesome, he's a good actor. Though I doubt even he could save the inevitable bile that is video game movies.
Okay, the deal is this. If Nathan Fillion does Uncharted: The Film, then one of two things will happen.
A: It'll do badly in the box office, yet fans will love it, it'll be a cult hit, and will sell millions of DVDs, making it a success overall. Or...
B: It'll be a megahit and will be one of the most successful video-game movie adaptations of all time.
Because you know, that's generally how Nathan Fillion's projects work out. Although that may be linked to the fact he's worked on a fair few Joss Whedon projects, which also go that way (usually Route A aside from perhaps Angel and Buffy...), so this may be a mixup and if so then just disregard everything I just said.
Either way, from the little I know of the games, and the lots I know of Fillion's considerable acting skills and the film-making skills of David O. Russell, this looks like it could well be really, really good...
A: It'll do badly in the box office, yet fans will love it, it'll be a cult hit, and will sell millions of DVDs, making it a success overall. Or...
B: It'll be a megahit and will be one of the most successful video-game movie adaptations of all time.
Because you know, that's generally how Nathan Fillion's projects work out. Although that may be linked to the fact he's worked on a fair few Joss Whedon projects, which also go that way (usually Route A aside from perhaps Angel and Buffy...), so this may be a mixup and if so then just disregard everything I just said.
Either way, from the little I know of the games, and the lots I know of Fillion's considerable acting skills and the film-making skills of David O. Russell, this looks like it could well be really, really good...
I could definitely see it, and the Uncharted series is already cinematic enough it may as well be a movie anyways.
If there was an Uncharted movie, I would hope they would get Nolan North to actually act in it. I mean, he even looks the part a bit and if his voice acting is anything like his acting acting then it would be perfect. Maybe it's because I never watched Firefly, but I don't see why they wouldn't have Nolan North doing it.
While I would agree that trying to pump out yet another crappy movie based on a game, Uncharted would easily be the best suited for a film adaptation. It would really expand the audience of Uncharted.Ekonk said:
I'm going to go against the grain and say no. I don't want Nathan Fillion to be Drake.
I want Nathan Drake to be played by Stargate Atlantis' Joe Flannigan. He isn't in enough things and is perfect playing the hero adventure loving type, but also the more serious moments. When he scaled the side of Atlantis in Season 4's "Quarantine" I immediately thought of all those wall climbing platforming sections. I love Nathan Fillion, but Flannigan is even better. Plus he really wants to do it too. Claudia Black could reprise her role as well and then that would be AWESOME!
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I want Nathan Drake to be played by Stargate Atlantis' Joe Flannigan. He isn't in enough things and is perfect playing the hero adventure loving type, but also the more serious moments. When he scaled the side of Atlantis in Season 4's "Quarantine" I immediately thought of all those wall climbing platforming sections. I love Nathan Fillion, but Flannigan is even better. Plus he really wants to do it too. Claudia Black could reprise her role as well and then that would be AWESOME!
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To be fair, anything in video games without Nolan North's voice these days is kinda weird...NeedAUserName said:
Oh you ninja'd me there thirteen!thenumberthirteen said:
No Fillion as Drake. Why? He's too fucking old, and well... Joe Flannigan would be much, much better as Drake.
Like thirteen said above, they could re-use Claudia Black too!
Well, after Nolan North's voice work, Nathan's version of Nathan (whoa...) would be a little more nasal than I recall... Besides, Nate Drake would become less of an ambitious cocky do-gooder and more of an ambitious lovable prick.
Then again, hell, I'm all for it. You get 'em, Mal Reynolds! Show us how Drake would do it on the silver screen.
Then again, hell, I'm all for it. You get 'em, Mal Reynolds! Show us how Drake would do it on the silver screen.
I would love this.
But still...the thought of them trying to create a film out of an already very cinematic game. It just kinda feels like it'll be really really bad. Do we want to watch a film that merely recreates exactly the moments of the game? Anyone remember how weird the first person scene was in Doom?
But I do hope they prove me wrong. Fillion could probably make me like Drake, to be honest - thought he was a bit of a dick in the games.
But still...the thought of them trying to create a film out of an already very cinematic game. It just kinda feels like it'll be really really bad. Do we want to watch a film that merely recreates exactly the moments of the game? Anyone remember how weird the first person scene was in Doom?
But I do hope they prove me wrong. Fillion could probably make me like Drake, to be honest - thought he was a bit of a dick in the games.
That is a BRILLIANT argument aside from the part where Joe Flanigan is older than Nathan Fillion.Frank_Sinatra_ said:
At least Flanigan looks like he's 39 instead of 50. Flaningan looks a hella lot closer to drake anywho.butteforce said:
I'm guessing that more than a few Playstation 3 fans instantly ejaculated when they read the headline.