In the latest development of a film with a more complicated journey than its namesake's wall-climbing levels, Sony's Uncharted adaptation just lost its director, Travis Knight (Bumblebee). Deadline reports Knight's exiting the project boils down to scheduling conflicts with the star Tom Holland, who will be playing main character Nathan Drake, an Indiana Jones-esque adventurer who's excellent at climbing and trading banter with characters like Sully, a mentor who will be played in the film by Mark Wahlberg. [caption id="attachment_806821" align="alignright" width="350"] Image via Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures[/caption] Holland, …

Sony's Uncharted movie, starring Tom Holland as a young Nathan Drake, loses another director in Travis Knight due to scheduling issues.

Bumblebee director Travis Knight is in talks to direct Tom Holland in the upcoming Uncharted film.

Last month, we reported that director Dan Trachtenberg had left Sony’s long-in-development Uncharted, making him the, let’s say 151st director, to leave a project that has the complex narrative of “roguish hero searches for treasure.” Deadline now reports that Bumblebee and Kubo and the Two Strings director Travis Knight is in negotiations to take the director’s chair on the project, which is still set to begin production early next year and holds a release date of December 18, 2020. You may recall that Knight was on the shortlist to direct Venom 2, and while that …

Last month, we reported that director Dan Trachtenberg had left Sony’s long-in-development Uncharted, making him the, let’s say 151st director, to leave a project that has the complex narrative of “roguish hero searches for treasure.” Deadline now reports that Bumblebee and Kubo and the Two Strings director Travis Knight is in negotiations to take the director’s chair on the project, which is still set to begin production early next year and holds a release date of December 18, 2020. You may recall that Knight was on the shortlist to direct Venom 2, and while that …

Bumblebee director Travis Knight is the latest helmer to sign on for Sony's Uncharted video game movie adaptation starring Tom Holland.

Andy Serkis may get a chance to step out from behind his performance-capture rig and digital mask to get behind the camera instead. That's all assuming things go well with Sony. The accomplished filmmaker, well-known for his expertise in motion-capture and performance-capture work, is on the current shortlist of directors for the studio's follow-up to Venom. And while that wouldn't make it the first comic book movie for Serkis to get involved with, it would be the first time he gets the opportunity to direct one. THR reports that Serkis and Sony …

From transforming robots to another area of pop culture.

Fresh off the success of Bumblebee, which grossed nearly $500 million worldwide, Travis Knight has signed on to direct the Mark Wahlberg movie The Six Billion Dollar Man for Warner Bros., Collider has confirmed. The Six Billion Dollar Man is based on the ABC series The Six Million Dollar Man that aired from 1973 to 1978 and starred Lee Majors as Steve Austin, a former astronaut who had superhuman strength due to bionic implants, which made him the perfect secret agent. The show was based on Martin Caidin’s novel Cyborg. [caption id="attachment_704996" align="alignright" width="360"] Image via …

On today's episode of Collider Movie Talk, Mark Ellis, John Rocha and Jeff Sneider discuss the following: Deadline reports that after crossing the $400 million worldwide mark at the box office, a sequel to Bumblebee is reportedly in the works at Paramount. EXCLUSIVE: Collider's Steven Weintraub interviewed director David Sandberg revealed that Shazam! was influenced by a slew of ’80s movies like Goonies, Ghostbusters, and Back To the Future. Neon released a second red band trailer for The Beach Bum from writer/director Harmony Korine‘s and starring Matthew McConaughey, Snoop Dogg, and Zac Efron. Deadline reports that …