Ever since David O. Russell got the Uncharted movie gig and started talking about it, fans immediately became concerned. But it was not until he said that families in the move would have a “sopranos” feel to them did fans, including me, fainted.

He’s heard about those concerns, thankfully, and he’s released comments trying hard to convince the inconvincible that his take on Nathan Drake’s adventures will be awesome. He said he’s played [Uncharted 2] “many times”, and has met Naughty Dog’s Amy Hennig.

“As far as I’m concerned, I’m very respectful as far as the core content and spirit of the game,” the director told Slashfilm.

“There’s not a bunch of movies you can point to that are made from games that are amazing movies, that stand up to time as a franchise or as [individual films].” By focusing on “what I think is going to be an amazing movie.’

He added: “It’s going to be real, it’s going to be raw, it’s going to be intense, it’s going to be original, and it’s going to be propulsive.”

We sure hope so, Russell, we sure hope so.

Thanks, Joystiq.