Uncharted movie: 10 Cloverfield Lane director replaces Shawn Levy in film adaptation starring Tom Holland

Dan Trachtenberg, director for popular sci-fi mystery 10 Cloverfield Lane, will head proceedings for Sony’s Uncharted, according to a report in Variety. The announcement follows the departure of previous director Shawn Levy.

Levy, who previously directed Night at the Museum and Stranger Things, is thought to have left Uncharted due to scheduling conflicts. He had been part of the project since 2016, and will now work on Ryan Reynolds’ Free Guy.

Just a few weeks before his departure, Levy had suggested Uncharted was good to go, saying: “We now have a very good script and we have our star in Tom Holland. That is now subject to schedule and additional casting. But right now, that seems to be the most near [the] horizon.”

Uncharted is based on the hit PlayStation series of the same title that follows treasure hunter Nathan Drake. The film will follow Tom Holland as Drake, who encounters the villain Sullivan during his adventures. As of 2017, the Uncharted franchise had sold 41m copies worldwide, with the fourth instalment alone selling 8.7m.

Trachtenberg’s 10 Cloverfield Lane, part of the string of Cloverfield titles, took $110m at the box office worldwide with a budget of $20m. He is also known for his work behind the lens of Black Mirror’s critically-acclaimed episode “Playtest”, starring Wyatt Russell. His new series The Boys also premieres on Amazon later this year.

Uncharted will be produced by Charles Roven, Alex Gartner and Ari and Avi Arad, and will be headed up by both Arad and Atlas Entertainment.

The production date for the title is still unknown, as it partly rests on the commitments of Tom Holland’s schedule for the upcoming Spiderman: Far From Home press tour this summer. It is hoped that production will commence before the end of the year.