Nathan fillion, whom we know from series like Castle, Firefly or Buffy the Vampire Slayer, always be our eternal Nathan Drake. While in 2018 we were able to see him portraying the Naughty Dog character in a fan movie, gamers want more. That is why the youtuber Jarkan, making use of technology deepfake, has managed to replace Nathan Drake's face with Nathan Fillion's. The result is just as impressive:
Nathan Fillion: Uncharted
The video introduces us to that part of the game Uncharted 4: The Thief's End, where Nathan Drake has a tense conversation with Elena, after she found out that her husband is back on track when it comes to treasure hunting. In the background, we can discover Victor 'Sully' Sullivan and Nathan's brother Sam Drake. Thanks to technology, substituting actor Nathan Fillion's face for Nathan Drake's is so perfect it even scares.
The technique of deepfake, which has also served for Tom Holland and Robert Downey Jr. to star Return to the futureconsists of artificial intelligence that takes as reference the facial features of both faces, and superimposes them so that the effect is what we have seen in Jarkan's video. This technology has even been used in films such as The Irlands, by Martin Scorsese, to show the rejuvenated versions of Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci.
Uncharted on the big screen
The coronavirus pandemic has made it difficult to produce a project that has already been plagued by a whole series of circumstances. However, Sony Pictures continues its idea of bringing the Naughty Dog saga to the big screen: starring precisely Tom holland in the role of a young Nathan Drake. At the same time, Mark Wahlberg play Sully – although voice actor Nolan North is not convinced. Antonio Banderas also part of the cast. On the other hand, the changes in the release schedules have also affected the film of Uncharted: Sony announced that production will debut in theaters on October 8, 2021, instead of March 5, 2021 as scheduled.
