Venom director Ruben Fleischer is the frontrunner to direct Sony’s long-gestating Uncharted movie starring Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg, reports Deadline.
Fleischer is a trusted face on the Sony lot thanks to Venom, which grossed $856 million worldwide, as well as the Zombieland franchise, which has been a modest hit for the studio.
Last year’s sequel scared up $121 million worldwide despite arriving a decade after the first film, which also cleared the $100 million mark.
The director bit off more than he could chew with WB’s crime drama Gangster Squad, but that was for a …
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