The Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune movie has taken a step back into development hell as David O. Russell, its writer-director, has bowed out.

Variety reports that Russell and Sony Pictures had an amicable split based on “creative differences.” Fans of the Uncharted games had more than a few creative differences with the adaptation, which would have had game hero Nathan Drake being part of a family of thieves.

It sounds like the team behind the Dead Space phenomenon is looking into the possibility of a live-action film to compliment the work that’s been put into the franchise. Dead Space co-creator and art director, Ian Milham, told BBC’s Newsbeat that there has been a lot of discussion about the idea but it won’t rushed more »

With all the games out there, some of them seem to lend themselves very well to film. Dead Space has already shown its film potential with two animated features. While there were animation and voice acting quirks with each movie, both Downfall and Aftermath were pretty solid representations of what we could expect from a Dead Space whether we get more animated movies or actually get a live-action movie.

According to IMDb, it seems a sequel to 2006′s film adaptation of Silent Hill has entered pre-production and is slated for release later this year (2011).

Title: Dead Space DownfallRelease Date: October 28, 2008Company: Anchor BayRating: Not RatedLength 74 minutesPros: Strong story as a prequel. Great character development. Monster, environment and perspective animation is spot-onCons: Voice acting didn’t work as well as it could have, character animation has inconsistent quality, tiresome paceOverall Score: Two thumbs sideways, 74/100, C, ** out of five

Dead Space, EA’s new survival horror game (PS3, box 360, PC/Win), already has a film adaption titled Dead Space: Downfall. It’s an adequate yet irritating sci-fi/horror cartoon that acts as a prequel to the beautiful and horrifying game…