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SPLINTER CELL: ‘John Wick’ Screenwriter To Steer New Animated Adaptation For Netflix

It’s been eight years since Ubisoft property, Splinter Cell, began circling the internets and teasing a live action adaptation with Tom Hardy in the Sam Fisher role, whilst changing several hands between producers and writers. As of Thursday, the IP now sits in the throes of a new animated series in a deal that reportedly signals a 16-episode/2-season order at Netflix, according to Variety’s Joe Otterman. Screenwriter Derek Kolstad (John Wick franchise, Die Hart) will pen the series and exec produce. Splinter Cell is a highly successful game franchise since launching in 2002, with central focus on Splinter Cell follows protagonist Sam Fisher, a highly-trained special operative in a fictional black-ops sub-division, “Echelon”. Weapons of choice are typically all cutting-edge tech which amplify his combat readiness as he battles the world’s terroristic threats on a covert basis. Netflix will be announcing more on this in due time, but if you […]

SDCC 2015: Ubisoft Gets A New Writer For SPLINTER CELL

Lee B. Golden III

San Diego Comic-Con may be over, but the news still remains residual for quite a number of upcoming projects, namely Ubisoft Motion Pictures’s upcoming theatrical adaptation of the hit game, Splinter Cell. Actor Tom Hardy, star of Mad Max: Fury Road and the upcoming crime biopic, Legend, is tapped to star as of late 2012 and now, word from Deadline states script writing duties remain on-going with the addition of Frank John Hughes now writing the next draft. Hughes, who wrote the script for actor Denzel Washington’s upcoming post-apocalyptic future thriller, Shovel Ready, is third in line to work the script for the new film following previous drafts by award-winning writers Eric Warren Singer (The International, American Hustle) and Sheldon Turner (Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, X-Men: First Class). Ubisoft’s Splinter Cell franchise stems from a series of books began by military sci-fi author Tom Clancy about Sam Fisher, a […]

Swordplay, Freerunning, BTS Fun And Much More In This Week's Batch Of Action Shorts!

Lee B. Golden III

From L to R: Jeremy Tristan, Jerry Quill and Jay Kwon in ONE RULE by Bryan Sloyer Lots of great shorts continue to make way through the internet, and hopefully you’re out there finding some yourself. As always, if you missed out on any, you can find a batch of the most recent ones right here, and don’t forget to check out Siren, Whipping Boy and the most recent Lobo fan trailer from action director favorite Jesse V. Johnson (The Package). In the meantime, let’s get started, and be sure to check out last week’s line-up in one of the links toward the end… First in line is a short from Cinematic Fight Studio with actress Kadia Saraf and actor/fight trainer Adam Lee titled Duel: Katana vs. Dao. There’s a lot of slo-motion edits here that get in the way of the action, but still serves up a nice little gem […]

Tom Hardy Confirmed For SPLINTER CELL

Lee B. Golden III

Roughly a year and a half since a press release was issued officially announcing New Regency and Ubisoft Motion Pictures’ live-action adaptation of the popular game, Splinter Cell with actor Tom Hardy set to star, the official word has come in confirming Hardy is now working on the script with director Doug Liman. Liman‘s attachment came as of March this year just months away from the forthcoming release of his new sci-fi action adventure, Edge Of Tomorrow. In a new report from IGN, Liman attributed a few details about what fans might expect upon the film’s production. “Everything about Splinter Cell will be younger.” he says. “It’s a chance to come up with a new franchise that is fresher and newer and younger, and Tom Hardy is such an incredible actor.”. The Bourne helmer also added “Some of the tropes of the game will for sure be in the film, […]

Infectious Designer Brings Aiden Pearce To Life In A New WATCH DOGS Fan Film!

Lee B. Golden III

The folks over at gaming company UbiSoft have been very heavy to promote their products through their motion picture branch with the buzz they generated this summer with the development of live action productions for Splinter Cell, Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Rabbids and Transformers 4 director Michael Bay’s involvement in Ghost Recon. In addition, the upcoming release of Watch Dogs was also announced with the promise of a big screen induction further backed by Sony Pictures Entertainment and New Regency. No question about it. If studios believe they have what it takes to bring video game characters to life and filmmaking fits their business model, there’s no stopping them. Nor does it stop folks in the independent scene, featuring talented performers like Beat Down Boogie’s own Matthew Sumner as Aiden Pearce in Infectious Designer’s latest short fan film take on Watch Dogs, filmed back in mid-October under VFX artist, editor […]

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Live-Action SPLINTER CELL Moves Forward With A Producer On Board

Lee B. Golden III

With all the video game news and online chatter coming out of the happenings of today’s Ubisoft E3 Press Conference, it would make sense to share today’s latest headline regarding the Splinter Cell feature-length film. According to Deadline, Hollywood producer Basil Iwaynk is officially on board to produce the live action film with New Regency and Ubisoft Motion Pictures, the latter who is also currently pushing forward the live-action Assassin’s Creed movie with actor Michael Fassbender for a May 22, 2015 release. Today’s news comes a little over six months after a press release was unveiled in December 2012 stating that actor Tom Hardy was tapped for the lead in the film, with a screenplay to be provided by writer Eric Warren Singer. Hardy is also attached to star in the upcoming Spy Hunter movie directed by Zombieland helmer Ruben Fleischer. Splinter Cell is based on the highly claimed Ubisoft video […]