Uncharted gets the movie sequel it deserves (Sony)
There definitely will be another Uncharted film says Sony Pictures, as Nintendo announces the Japanese date for its Mario sequel.
The trend of video games being made into movies continues, as work on a second Uncharted film has been confirmed by Sony Pictures. At the same time, Nintendo has reconfirmed that The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2 will be out on April 3, 2026 in the US and announced that it’ll be out in Japan on April 24.
It’s not certain if Tom Holland or Mark Wahlberg are continuing their roles as Nathan Drake and Victor Sullivan, but considering the movie’s success, as one of the highest-grossing video games adaptations ever, that seems likely.
Sony hasn’t announced anything else about the sequel but the original 2022 film ended with several teases that the next one would be a direct adaptation of the first game, Drake’s Fortune.
The end of the first film also hinted that Nate’s brother Sam and/or Drake’s Fortune bad guy Gabriel Roman would be making an appearance. Although in the games it wasn’t until Uncharted 4 that Sam was first introduced.
Apart from lifting an action scene from Uncharted 3, the first movie had very few specific connections to the games, so it’s going to be a bit odd if the second one is a much more direct adaptation.
Uncharted developer Naughty Dog has made it clear that it’s not going to make any more entries in the series, but that doesn’t mean Sony can’t get someone else to do them.
A LinkedIn post in April 2022 mentioned that the studio was building new teams for ‘the legacy of Uncharted,’ basically confirming that new projects were underway – even if they’ve never been officially announced.
The Uncharted movie adaptation had a budget of $120 million (£94 million) and made $407 million (£320 million) worldwide.
Going by the usual logic that a movie has to make back at least twice its budget (to cover marketing and the fact that a movie studio doesn’t get all the profit to itself) it was a pretty major hit for Sony.
However, that’s still far behind The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which had a budget of $100 million (£78 million) but earned a whopping $1.36 billion (£1.07 billion) worldwide – becoming the most profitable movie of 2023.
The trend of video games being made into movies is not surprise then, with other recent examples being Gran Turismo, Mortal Kombat, Detective Pikachu, and Sonic The Hedgehog.
That’s not to mention The Last Of Us and Fallout being made into popular TV shows, further solidifying the video games trend in both live action and animation.
Uncharted 5 could still be happening (Sony)
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