‘Smacked me in the face with its potential consequences’

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‘Smacked me in the face with its potential consequences’

The recent revelation of the cancelation of Tom Hardy’s Splinter Cell movie is another ***** to fans hoping to see their favorite ******-ops agent come to life on the big screen. Originally announced in 2012, Tom Hardy was to play Sam Fisher, the iconic stealth agent of Third Echelon.

The franchise could’ve really used a live action adaptation. | Image Credit: Ubisoft

Despite years of development and high anticipation, the project crumbled due to budget and script issues. Producer Basil Iwanyk confirmed its demise saying that it was “one of the ones that got away.” It’s such a pity because the Splinter Cell franchise has some storylines that could’ve truly shined.

Tom Hardy Could’ve Done Justice To Some Of Splinter Cell‘s Storylines

Richard Dansky, a longtime writer for the Splinter Cell series, knows the weight of Sam Fisher’s choices better than anyone. Dansky has overseen the series’ narrative since his early days at Red Storm Entertainment.

Speaking to

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, he previously described a story moment that “smacked [him] in the face with its potential consequences.”

The story moment I like best from the most recent round of Clancy games is in Double Agent, when Sam is given the choice of letting the terrorists take out the cruise ship – and a lot of innocent people with it – or stopping them, and risk getting someone he’s got a personal attachment to *******.

In Double Agent, Sam Fisher faces a crucial choice on a cruise ship mission: he must decide whether to let a **********-planted ***** explode, ******** hundreds of innocent people, or to risk his life and loyalty to prevent the *******.

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live-action movie starring Tom Hardy is officially *****

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Announced in 2012, the hype for the Splinter Cell movie was ignited by Tom Hardy’s casting as Sam Fisher, the ******-ops operative at the heart of the Splinter Cell series. Hardy’s intense and shadowy persona seemed a perfect fit for Fisher’s morally gray missions and covert operations.

According to Dansky this narrative delivered high emotional stakes and moral complexity. Such a storyline could have captured the essence of Fisher’s duality in a live action adaptation. It would’ve given Hardy a compelling character arc filled with weighty decisions.

Now That It’s Cancelled All Hope Is Lost

So many stories could’ve been told. | Image Credit: Ubisoft

The project has ultimately been cancelled, as confirmed by Basil Iwanyk, who was the movie’s producer. Iwanyk signed up to produce the movie in 2013 and recently talked to

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about the cancelled project.

That movie would have been awesome… Just couldn’t get it right, script-wise, budget-wise. But it was going to be great. We had a million different versions of it, but it was going to be ********* and awesome. That’s one of the ones that got away, which is really sad.

Hollywood’s track record with video game adaptations has been mixed at best. Unlike colorful franchises like Super Mario, Splinter Cell’s themes of espionage, betrayal, and moral conflict are ******* to translate for mainstream audiences.

For now, Splinter Cell’s cinematic future ******** uncertain. However, Ubisoft has not entirely forgotten its stealth-action property. A

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animated series titled Splinter Cell: Deathwatch, starring Liev Schreiber as Fisher, is set for release in 2025.

The ******** to launch this film isn’t the only setback for the franchise. Ubisoft’s treatment of the action franchise has frustrated fans for years, as no new mainline games have been released since 2013’s Splinter Cell: Blacklist.

While a remake of the original game was announced in 2021, it ******** in development limbo.

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