From LatinoReview:

Kyle's deal fell apart at the last minute mainly because Sony didn't want to wait around for a draft (from what I was hearing up to a year) while Ward was tied down and contractually obligated to deliver drafts for his other commitments - mainly "Hitman 2."

Apparently, "Uncharted: Drake's Fortune" is a high priority project for Sony and producer Avi Arad which is good news for fans.

Not surprinsgly considering Uncharted and the critically acclaimed sequel Uncharted 2 are a megahit for Sony selling a combined 3 million copies and counting.

Sony wants writers that are available and it looks like they found them.

If everything goes through, it looks like writing team Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer, the duo who wrote the upcoming "CONAN" reboot, will get the Uncharted writing gig.

Read more here.

Joshua Oppenheimer and Thomas Dean Donnelly are the team behind two of the biggest flops in film history, namely Sahara and A Sound of Thunder.  Sahara reportedly lost $105 million, and A Sound of Thunder cost over $80 million and made only $12 million at the box office.  These two credits are the team's only two scripts which have gone before cameras.  So, this choice seems strange...Kyle Ward is also new to the scene, but he does have two video game adaptations, Kane & Lynch and Hitman 2.