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David O. Russell To Tackle Uncharted: Drake's Fortune Flick

You're David O. Russell and you've made some of the most idiosyncratic and intellectual movies of the last few decades. What's your next logical career step ? If you answered direct a live-action version of a video game, congratulations!

Yes, David O. Russell, the man who taught us it's okay to lick armpits and who gave us the gift of Lily Tomlin swearing up a storm has ditched the film version of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, and has instead decided to helm a live-action version of the incredibly popular Uncharted game series. Uncharted is essentially Indiana Jones minus the Nazis, and while I'm a bit skeptical of video games turned into movies, it would be hard-pressed to be any worse than the cinematic abortion that was Indiana Jones and Something Something Crystal Skull.

Because this is the internet, I am required by Internet Law to say that the lead role can obviously only be played by Nathan Fillion. But I do fervently hope that the female lead is played by Lily Tomlin in a stunningly erotic tour-de-force. Fingers crossed, internet!

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