Naughty Dog after Uncharted 4: Does Hollywood beckon?

Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End is one of the most beautiful and cinematic games ever made. This makes me wonder: Should the developers at Naughty Dog just start making movies?

The story-driven PlayStation 4 game — which sold more than 2.7 million units in its first week of sales — has such rich characters, blockbuster moments, and memorable landscapes that it seems a natural for the silver screen. And, in fact, Sony Pictures Entertainment is making a film based on the first Uncharted game, Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune. That movie is slated for a release in June 2017, according to the most recent announcement from Sony. But it seems likely that date will change.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.