Marky Mark Wahlberg, the man who was on the silver screen has been confirmed to star as Nathan Drake in the movie.

The film is being directed by David O Russell, the man behind Three Kings so he has worked with Wahlberg before.

Wahlberg told MTV Multiplayer: "David is one of the best writer/directors I've ever worked with. The idea that he has is just insane. So hopefully we'll be making that this summer. I'm obviously in whatever David wants to do but the idea of it is so off the charts: De Niro being my father, Pesci being my uncle. It's not going to be the watered-down version, that's for sure."

The news has disappointed a lot of fans of the series who were campaigning for Firefly's Nathan Fillion to take the role of Nathan Drake.

By Ewan Aiton