"Bumblebee" director Travis Knight is in negotiations to helm Tom Holland in "Uncharted".
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Knight is stepping in after "10 Cloverfield Lane" director Dan Trachtenberg exited the project in August. Previously, Shawn Levy was attached to direct.
The film is based on the PlayStation video game series that follows the adventures of treasure hunter Nathan Drake (Holland).
"Uncharted" will chronicle Drake's first encounter with the professional rogue Sullivan.
Art Marcum and Matt Holloway, best known for "Iron-Man" films and Rafe Judkins have written the film.
Atlas Entertainment's Charles Roven and Alex Gartner are producing, along with Arad Productions' Avi Arad and Ari Arad for Arad Productions.
The film is slated to be released on December 18 next year.

Travis Knight in talks to direct 'Uncharted'

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Pep Guardiola insists he has no problem with Manchester City striker Gabriel Jesus being unhappy about his lack of first-team starts.
In a recent interview with a Brazilian TV station, Jesus spoke of his frustration at playing understudy to City's record goal-scorer Sergio Aguero.
Jesus has started just one Premier League game this season, while Aguero has scored in all six league games so far.
The Brazilian has three goals in his five appearances, with his other starts coming in the Champions League and League Cup.
But despite scoring in the 3-0 League Cup win at Preston on Tuesday, City will likely revert to Aguero for the Premier League match at Everton on Saturday.
It is a problem every other manager would like and Guardiola admits he understands Jesus's point of view about his relative lack of game-time.
"No player will be happy when he doesn't play regularly. Gabriel is happy when he plays and not happy when he doesn't, but it's not just him," Guardiola told reporters on ...

Guardiola keeps cool after Jesus complaint

Kenya's Ruth Chepngetich powered through brutal heat and humidity to win gold in the women's marathon on Saturday, bringing the curtain down on a dramatic opening day at the World Athletics Championships in Doha.
With around two dozen runners in the 68-strong marathon field falling by the wayside as the sweltering conditions took their toll, Chepngetich dug deep to win the first gold medal of the championships in a time of 2 hours 32 minutes and 43 seconds.
The marathon, held on a floodlit course alongside Doha's waterfront Corniche, had started at 11.59 pm local time on Friday, in a scheduling move designed to protect athletes from the furnace-like daytime heat.
But even allowing for the near-midnight start, temperatures of around 32 degrees Celsius (90 degrees Fahrenheit) and humidity approaching 80 percent proved too much for several exhausted competitors who were seen being stretchered away or escorted from the course in wheelchairs.
Race organisers had staffed the course with ...

Chepngetich tames marathon heat as World Championships under way

"Good Omens" star Michael Sheen and actor girlfriend Anna Lundberg are proud parents to a baby girl.
According to People magazine, the couple have welcomed their first child together.
Although they are yet to officially announce the birth, reports say they welcomed a baby girl.
Sheen teased their child's birth on Twitter on Wednesday.
"Nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands  E E Cummings," he shared.
This is a second child for Sheen, who also shares daughter Lily (20) with former partner, actor Kate Beckinsale.
He announced their pregnancy in July.

Michael Sheen, Anna Lundberg welcome first child together

In a shocker, Disney/Marvel and Sony have struck a deal to bring out a third "Spider-Man" film together after a very public divorce over a month ago.
According to Variety, the new project is scheduled for a July 16, 2021, with Jon Watts in negotiations to return as director. Watts directed "Spider-Man: Homecoming" and "Spider-Man: Far From Home", with Tom Holland as the web slinger.
The two studios were engaged in discussions to renew the deal that enabled the web slinger's appearance in the money-minting Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Disney, which owns the Kevin Feige-led Marvel Studios, had demanded that it wanted to split future Spider-Man movies in a 50/50 co-financing arrangement, that also meant a 50/50 split in the profits.
In August, after Sony declined to agree on the new terms, Disney removed MCU head Feige and Marvel as producers of the future projects.
Feige welcomed the friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man back into the MCU, pointing out the future might hold more surprises as .

Marvel, Sony to reunite for one more 'Spider-Man' film, Jon Watts in talks to direct

- Frank Lampard admitted he was stunned to see Marcelo Bielsa and Leeds win the FIFA Fair Play Award despite the 'Spygate' scandal that rocked the Championship club.
Leeds boss Bielsa and his club were recognised at the world governing body's annual award ceremony in Milan for allowing Aston Villa to score an uncontested goal during a second tier match last season.
However, Leeds were also fined GBP 200,000 and given a severe reprimand by the English Football League last term after Bielsa sent a member of his staff to spy on a Derby training session.
Chelsea boss Lampard, who was Derby manager at the time of Leeds' undercover operation in January, branded the Fair Play decision "strange".
Asked on Friday if he choked on his breakfast cereal when he heard the news, Lampard replied: "I did smile. Do we know who votes for these things? "What happened with Spygate was very well-documented, and then they got fined, the rules changed slightly because of it. I felt it was improper.
"To get a 

Lampard surprised Leeds won FIFA's Fair Play award

Forwards Sergio Aguero and Angel Di Maria were left out of Argentina's squad announced Friday for friendlies against Germany and Ecuador in October.
Neither the Manchester City striker nor the Paris Saint-Germain winger have played for Argentina since the latest Copa America in Brazil.
Argentina also will be without players from Boca Juniors and River Plate for its friendlies on October 9 against the Germans in Dortmund and four days later against Ecuador in Elche, Spain.
Boca and River will face each other in the semifinals of the Copa Libertadores next month. The list announced by coach Lionel Scaloni also includes Arsenal goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez for the first time.
Captain Lionel Messi was not called up because of his three-month suspension from internationals due to comments against South American soccer body Conmebol during the Copa America.
SQUAD:
Goalkeepers: Agustn Marchesn (Porto), Juan Musso (Udinese), Emiliano Martnez (Arsenal).
Defenders: Juan Foyth (Tottenham), Renzo 

Aguero and Di Maria out of Argentina squad for friendlies

Bas Dost and Andr Silva scored for Eintracht Frankfurt to claim a hard-fought 2-1 win at promoted Union Berlin in the Bundesliga on Friday.
The visitors withstood the home side's early pressure and struck twice in the second half, making it clear to Union - if it wasn't already - that it faces a long hard slog to stay up in its first season in the Bundesliga.
Union substitute Anthony Ujah scored in the 86th minute to set up an exciting finale but Frankfurt weathered the home side's late push.
Union made a great start and almost took an early lead when goalkeeper Kevin Trapp just denied Marvin Friedrich after a corner.
Silva had Frankfurt's first chance 10 minutes later when he was through on Rafal Gikiewicz's goal, but Friedrich got back to put him off and Gikiewicz gratefully snapped up the ball.
Robert Andrich went close for Union in the 29th before Frankfurt gradually gained more of the ball with good chances falling to Dost, Silva and then Filip Kostic before the break.
Dost, ...

Dost, Silva score as Frankfurt grabs 2-1 win at Union Berlin

Villarreal routed Real Betis 5-1 on Friday for its third win in four matches, moving it near the top of the Spanish league.
Karl Toko Ekambi scored twice and Santi Cazorla, Gerard Moreno and Samuel Chukwueze added a goal each to give Villarreal the comfortable victory at home. Emerson scored for Real Betis at the Cermica Stadium.
The victory moved Villarreal to fifth place with 11 points. It is three points behind leader Real Madrid, which on Saturday visits crosstown rival Atltico Madrid. Villarreal's only setback in the last four rounds was a 2-1 loss to two-time defending champion Barcelona at Camp Nou Stadium on Tuesday.
Real Betis, which was unbeaten in its last four matches, stayed ninth in the 20-team table, with eight points. Barcelona, without the injured Lionel Messi, visits Getafe on Saturday.

Villarreal routs Real Betis 5-1, moves near the top in Spain

Polls opened Saturday for Afghanistan's presidential election, officials said, following a bloody campaign that has been marred by a wave of violence.
"Voting has begun all over the country, and we are glad the people are already in big lines at polling centres waiting to cast their votes," Independent Election Commission spokesman Zabi Sadaat told AFP.

Polls open in Afghan presidential election: officials

China and Kiribati have established diplomatic relations, Chinese state media reported Saturday, days after the tiny Pacific island nation severed ties with Taiwan.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Kiribati's President Taneti Mamau on Friday signed a joint communique to establish diplomatic relations between the two countries on the sidelines of the UN climate summit, Xinhua reported.
The move is a coup for Beijing just days before it marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and comes a week after the Solomon Islands also dropped diplomatic ties with Taiwan.
And it leaves the self-ruled island more isolated than ever with just 15 states left that recognise it.
Taiwan has been a de facto sovereign nation since the end of a civil war in 1949, but China still views the island as its territory and has vowed to seize it -- by force if necessary.
Over the decades, as China's economic and military power has grown, most countries, including the United .

China, Kiribati establish diplomatic relations

US special representative on Ukraine Kurt Volker resigned after Congress ordered him to speak in an impeachment investigation on President Donald Trump, a source said.
A person familiar with the matter who requested anonymity confirmed Volker's resignation Friday, which was first reported by the student newspaper at Arizona State University, where he directs an institute.

US envoy on Ukraine, named in Trump scandal, resigns: source

An Indian-American Sikh police officer died after being shot multiple times from behind in a "ruthless, cold-blooded way" during a traffic stop in the US state of Texas, a senior official said Saturday.
Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal, Sikh Harris County Sheriff's deputy, was shot while conducting a traffic stop, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said. He was in his early 40s.
Gonzalez said Dhaliwal, a 10-year veteran of the department, stopped a vehicle with a man and woman inside and one of them got out and shot him "ambush-style" at least twice in a "ruthless, cold-blooded way."
The shooter was seen running to a shopping centre nearby, officials said.
Investigators were able to identify what the shooter looked like by watching Dhaliwal's dashcam video.
"They immediately looked at his dashcam to see what the suspect looked like, they took a photo of the suspect on the scene with their phone and immediately got that out to our intel people," Gonzalez said.
The vehicle the shooter was driving was found and .

Sikh police officer killed in line of duty in US

A Sikh law-enforcement officer has been fatally shot multiple times during a traffic stop in the US state of Texas, a media report said Saturday.
Harris County Sherrif's Office Deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal, 42, pulled over a vehicle when someone approached him from behind and opened fire near Cypress city, the Houston Chronicle quoted Sheriff Ed Gonzalez as saying.
Dhaliwal was a 10-year veteran on the force, and the agency's first Sikh deputy.
"He was a hero," Gonzalez said. "Deputy Dhaliwal was a trailblazer."
He was taken by helicopter ambulance to the Memorial Hermann Hospital, where he died. Authorities detained a possible suspect, the sheriff tweeted.
According to the media report, the dashcam video shows Dhaliwal and the suspect, still in his car, having a conversation with no sign of confrontation. A few seconds after Dhaliwal returned to his squad car, the suspect ran up and shot him.
Gonzalez recounted Dhaliwal's efforts after Hurricane Harvey in Texas in August 2017, and how he .

Sikh officer shot dead in Texas

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina reiterated their zero-tolerance approach to terrorism and violent extremism, and agreed that a strong security partnership has built trust and mutual confidence between the neighbours.
Modi met Hasina here for a bilateral meeting on the margins of the High Level Segment of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly Friday.
An official press release said that in their first meeting since their re-election, Modi thanked Hasina for attending the special commemorative event organized by India to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
"The two leaders reviewed the excellent state of bilateral relations and cooperation, and agreed to maintain the momentum to take the India-Bangladesh relationship to new heights. The leaders reiterated their zero tolerance approach to terrorism and violent extremism, and agreed that a strong partnership in security had built trust and mutual confidence between the two ...

Modi, Hasina reiterate zero tolerance for terrorism

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bhutanese counterpart Lotay Tshering discussed bilateral ties in areas of hydropower cooperation, people-to-people ties and recent initiatives taken in the newer areas of space, digital connectivity, financial sector and tertiary education.
Modi met Tshering on the sidelines of the High Level Segment of the 74th UN General Assembly session Friday.
The two leaders reviewed the bilateral relationship following the successful visit of Prime Minister Modi to Bhutan in August 2019 and expressed satisfaction at the progress made in diverse sectors including development partnership, hydropower cooperation, people to people ties and recent initiatives taken in the newer areas of space, digital connectivity,  the financial sector and tertiary education, according to an official press release.
Modi welcomed Bhutan into the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) as a founding member. The Coalition was announced by the prime minister in the ...

PM Modi discusses bilateral ties with Bhutanese counterpart

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades discussed issues of regional and international significance, including terrorism, during their bilateral meeting here.
Modi and Anastasiades met on the sidelines of the High Level Segment of the UN General Assembly session Friday. Both leaders discussed the broad spectrum of bilateral relations.
In 2018-19, the bilateral trade stood at 464 million dollars. The two leaders stressed the need to enhance the volume of bilateral trade and investment given the considerable potential and strengths of the two economies, according to an official press release.
Modi expressed gratitude to the government of Cyprus for its support to India's candidature for the UNSC permanent membership in an expanded Security Council, NSG and other international platforms.
He reiterated India's consistent support for the independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and unity of the Republic of Cyprus.
Modi invited President Anastasisdes to .

PM Modi discusses terrorism with Cyprus president

The United States said that Iran's foreign minister can visit the regime's ailing UN ambassador at a New York hospital only if Tehran releases an American citizen.
Mohammad Javad Zarif, who is in New York for the annual UN gathering of world leaders, had hoped to visit Iran's UN Ambassador Majid Takht Ravanchi as he is being treated for cancer and requested permission from the State Department, diplomats at the United Nations said. The diplomats spoke on condition of anonymity because the issue has not been made public.
The Trump administration has imposed sanctions on Zarif that severely limit where he can go in New York City. The State Department confirmed Friday that the Iranian foreign minister wants to visit "a colleague who is in the hospital receiving world class care."
"Iran has wrongfully detained several US citizens for years, to the pain of their families and friends they cannot freely visit," the State Department said. "We have relayed to the Iranian Mission that the ...

US: Zarif can visit sick colleague after Iran frees American

Afghans head to the polls amid tight security Saturday to vote for their next president, following a bloody, two-month election campaign that has been marred by repeated attacks across Afghanistan.
The Taliban, who already have unleashed a string of bombings, have in recent days issued repeated warnings they intend to attack polling centres and have told voters to stay away.
Wary authorities have placed an uneasy Kabul under partial lockdown, banning trucks from entering the city in an effort to stop would-be suicide bombers attacking the electoral process.
The capital's traffic, often gridlocked, has dropped to a trickle as schools and offices close for the day and as many people choose to stay off the roads.
Some 9.6 million Afghans are registered to vote, but many have lost any hope that after 18 years of war any leader can unify the fractious country and improve basic living conditions, boost the stagnating economy or bolster security.
Several of the 18 original contenders have ...

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