Part of the charm of the Uncharted franchise is, undoubtedly, the witty script brought to life by voice actors such as Nolan North. But what's this we hear that for its Hollywood version, Sony will be signing up "household actors" instead for the parts, thereby overlooking North for the lead part of Nathan?

Hollywood producer Adrian Askarieh divulged some juicy information on the coming Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC) movie. It's practically set in stone: Bruce Willis will be portraying Kane.

If you're a digital entity and your company decides to strap you into a go-kart, chances are, you've made them so much money that they want you to ride them into a little more. Just like Hollywood celebs and their fancy rides, digital personas probably all hang out together, talk about their karts and drive them while drunk. Mario and Crash will be attending that party, so will the Madagascar crew, and joining that A-list crowd today is the ogre that changed fairy tales forever - Shrek.

Okay, maybe this is the Metal Gear movie we're actually waiting for. Maybe. There's a fanmovie based on the Metal Gear franchise up and about on the Internet right now. Find out what it's all about and where you can get it after the jump.

One of the most anticipated titles for the PlayStation Portable this year is Square Enix'sDissidia: Final Fantasy. The game brings together stars from all of the main titles in the Final Fantasy franchise in one, big free-for-all where the victors will decide the fate of the world. For North American fans, the waiting ends in two days. To celebrate Dissidia's upcoming release, we've put together a little primer on the characters that comprise the game's roster. Today we have Part 1 of a two-part feature where we focus on the representatives of the first six Final Fantasies, so dig right in. Be warned, however: spoilers abound.

Kratos and Nate Drake won't be the only ones getting some Hollywood screen time. Bike messenger turned superhero Cole McGrath is getting in on the action too.

Sigourney Weaver passed up on lending her voice for Ghostbusters: The Video Game, but that doesn't mean she's never going to try her hand at doing voiceovers in video games. Ubisoft announced today that she will be joining the cast of voice actors for James Cameron's Avatar title.

This holiday, you will be seeing another game-inspired movie come out, but this time, not as a full-length feature, but rather as a short film series. The game that inspired the series: Assassin's Creed II: Lineage (PS3, Xbox 360, PC). Yep, Ezio's yet to make his rounds in the consoles, and already, he's got his eyes set on Hollywood. This boy sure wastes no time dealing with business.

It's quite an emotional rollercoaster, this week really was. Straight off from the news that the King of Pop has died, we went on to have the usual string of gaming news that rocked our own worlds. With the usual news on lawsuits, layoffs, company shutdowns, convicted murderers over consoles, it was looking to be a sad state of affairs. Good thing we've got our own Neverland to brighten things up a bit. And now we've come to the Fourth of July weekend. Time to kick off those shoes, stretch out, unwind and celebrate. You know we all deserve it. Happy FOJ weekend, everyone!

Despite the lackluster appeal of movie adaptations of video games, super Hollywood producer Jerry Bruckheimer remains positive that one day, they just might get it right. And it won't suck the living daylights out of us anymore.