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By George Robbins

These past few months have been a sort of hell for movie studios and the productions they were working on before this pandemic hit and it just doesn’t seem to end. Movie productions have started to slowly restart amid a climate where the number of virus cases hasn’t gone away and has instead spiked in some cases. This has resulted in a large number of rules being put in place for the pandemic which must be followed in order to allow productions the opportunity to start at all. This has created nothing but issues in regards to actually getting films done in a proper amount of time because new ways of filming must be looked at to adhere to the rules. On top of that, there is the situation involving when films with big production crews will even be able to properly get back to work because they need all hands on deck in order to get their movies done.

Theaters are fairing much worse due to the pandemic because they can’t even really open their doors right now lest they risk the high chance that they will just be throwing money away. Without any new films to show audiences, and with severely reduced capacity, theaters have to stay closed until they have sufficient reason to believe that they will make money if they open up. Many movies have been delayed to either late this year or some time next year and it has forced theaters to re-think their plans as to when they will actually open up their doors. Thus it appears that it will be awhile before they can make their announcement of a grand reopening and with films only just starting to go back into development, they might be seeing a period in the future with less releases.

Of the films that are just starting to resume production, the ones that had literally just started before the pandemic hit have a lot of work ahead of them as time goes on. Some movies are so big that it is difficult for studios to even start back up right away due to the amount of crew and equipment needed. There are films that are doing their best in response to being able to go back to work, but it may be awhile before we see them make their move. One of those films might just end up being the ‘Uncharted’ film which is supposed to star Tom Holland as a young Nathan Drake. The production of the film, which is based on the video game of the same name, was delayed indefinitely due to the pandemic because they were just about to begin when everything kicked off.

Although the film might be delayed for an unspecified amount of time, there is still hope that they will soon be working on getting the film done because it has not been canceled. This gives hope to those wishing for the movie to become a reality, but it is also a cause of worry for some. For instance, there has (almost) never been a good movie based on a video game and this is because it isn’t adapted well and doesn’t tell a proper story. The best way to describe why they never usually work out is because games are a medium that people spend countless hours interacting with directly while a movie is something we have no direct interaction with. The one thing that could make a difference with this movie is that the games themselves play out like action movies. This is something Nolan North, the voice of the main protagonist, has made a point of by saying that they shouldn’t rip directly from the games and should instead stick with what they are doing with a wholly original tale.