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.

The Uncharted film is set to begin filming in the summer of 2011. Mark Wahlberg is confirmed to star as Nathan Drake and David O. Russell is trying to get Robert DeNiro and Joe Pesci to play Drake’s father and uncle. That bit of information proves the Uncharted film doesn’t share many similarities to the game. New information regarding the film’s plot have been revealed, and it further sets the two apart.

As you no doubt have heard, Mark Wahlberg is attached to star in the upcoming film based on the Uncharted videogame franchise. After this news was confirmed, many of you have raised your virtual pitchforks in protest against Wahlberg playing the role of Nathan Drake. It seems your desire to have Nathan Fillion as Nathan Drake has been squashed. Yes, I know Fillion resembles Drake more than Wahlberg, and I understand he holds the popular vote. I still must plead with you to listen to reason. Abandon your constant Twitter posts about who could play a better Nathan Drake and open your minds to the bigger picture.

The rumors have proven to be true. There is an Uncharted film in the works, and it does star Mark Wahlberg. Wahlberg confirmed this during an interview with MTV. David O. Russell will be writing the script for the movie. Wahlberg did not come out and say he is Nathan Drake, but chances are he will take on that role.

There are few actors around that have the same dynamic chemistry as Robert DeNiro and Joe Pesci. They’ve starred together in films such as Goodfellas (one of my favorites), Raging Bull and Casino. Today (November 12, 2010) a rumor has started suggesting Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune may be in their future.

I think I’m starting to understand where a lot of Microsoft’s $500 million Kinect marketing budget is going. Microsoft is providing a boatload of free Kinect merchandise to the public. Oprah gave away Kinect bundles to her entire studio audience about a week and a half ago, Burger King is giving out Kinect bundles every 15 minutes and now Boys & Girls Clubs around the country will get Kinect on the house.

Title: Max PayneRelease Date: October 17, 2008Company: 20th Century FoxRating: PG-13Length 100 minutesPros: The storyline is close to the storyline of the game, being adapted in a couple of places so to not push away people who weren’t interested in the game. It appeals to the people who haven’t played the game and makes them interested in at least giving the game a shot. The special effects are incredible.Cons: Realism is all over the place. Some of the camera work is distracting. When it’s supposed to be subdued to goes too big and when it’s supposed to be big it becomes subdued. The present-tense scene-setting is one massive continuity error.Overall Score: One thumb up and one sideways, 80/100, B-, *** out of five.

For those who actually went to see Max Payne in the theaters, it was met with mixed reactions. Some people thought it was great and some people thought it was a good movie, just not a good Max Payne movie. There were also people who thought that it was simply horrible. Then there were the people like me who thought it was adequate. What it did right was dead on and what it did wrong were just things that could use a lot of improvement…

When it was announced that Max Payne, the third-person action game developed by Rockstar, would receive the cinematic treatment, gamers were excited. After all, the game was regarded as one of the best in terms of storytelling and thus did an excellent job in allowing players to empathize with Payne’s various tribulations throughout the experience.

Sadly, those heightened expectations did not lead to critical praise, as it was roundly criticized by reviewers left and right. By the time the dust settled, Max Payne would end up being dismissed by everyone as just another failed example of a video game property making an…

Actor and former musician Mark “Stop Calling Me Marky Mark” Wahlberg, the actor who stars in the game-based flick Max Payne, has once again confirmed that he has never played a Max Payne game.

The latest confession comes from the October 2008 issue of Maxim magazine (pp. 86-87). Here’s the single question addressing the movie in the interview…

ProductionCharts is reporting that the movie based on the Max Payne games will begin filming in Toronto on March 2, 2008, and wrap up on May 9, 2008. According to the Internet Movie Database, it’s scheduled to be released in American theaters on October 18, 2008.

The film adaptation is being directed by John Moore, best known for his work on movies Behind Enemy Lines and Flight of the Phoenix, which flopped like dying birds slowly being pulled into Hell by the Devil.

The script will be penned by…