Cinematic interpretations of video games have a, uh, less-than-impressive track-record: Mortal Kombat, Super Mario Brothers, Double Dragon, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, D.O.A., Hitman, Bloodrayne, In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, Alone in the Dark…

The list goes on. But it’s possible the psychic damage to gamers everywhere may soon be undone.

Sony’s Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune might possibly be getting the feature film treatment very soon. The game itself has often been compared to a fun summer action-adventure blockbuster, so chances are that if it jumps to the big screen, that’s exactly what they’ll go for.

The story features the Indiana Jones-like treasure hunter, Nate Drake, who is a descendant of famed explorer Sir Francis Drake. He believes he has discovered location of El Dorado, the fabled lost city of gold. Naturally, there’s a rival to contend with and a saucy, sexy lady who factors into the story as well. Furthermore, there are mutated creatures determined to keep Drake from his goal.

(A scribe named Kyle Ward was hired to pen the script. Interestingly, Ward is also involved with game-to-movie projects Hitman 2 and Kane and Lynch.)

God of War, a video game series that takes place in a world of Greek mythology on a cocktail of steroids and mescaline, may also be seeing a film version in the near future. There doesn’t seem to be too much information available yet beyond the canceled plan to have X-men 3 helmer Brett Ratner direct, but given the enormous success of 300 and the spate of Greek mythology movies due out next year, it seems likely that this will happen.

There’s an amusing video of God of War creator David Jaffe meeting notrious(ly bad) film director Uwe Boll, who is responsible for some of the worst video game movies out there. After a few minutes of forced politeness and light discussion about collaboration, Jaffe admits he would not want Boll to direct the potential God of War film:

Finally, there’s the well-publicized upcoming adaptation of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, starring Jake Gyllenhaal — which is significant in and of itself, for its not very often that video game movies score A-list actors to play their leads. It’s a Jerry Bruckheimer production, so expect a lot of action on a grandiose scale, and given all the promotional material, we can be sure we’ll be treated to a great many scenes of Gyllenhaal fighting topless.

Director Mike Newell, perhaps aware of the current perception of video game movies, had this to say concerning the nature of Prince of Persia:

“It’s not a videogame movie. It’s a great story. If you had read the script, you would know that it wasn’t a videogame. It’s very exciting and it’s immensely romantic and it’s like Lost Horizon. It takes you to somewhere you’ve never been.”

Only time will tell the outcome of these projects, but here’s hoping the curse of the video game movies is finally lifted.

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