Splinter Cell live-action movie cancelled

Ubisoft has been trying to break the cross-media barrier for years but has found little success. The Division movie has been trapped in development hell for years, and the Assassin's Creed movie wasn't exactly a hit. A Splinter Cell film has also been in planning for years but after multiple attempts to nail down the concept, the idea has been scrapped.

The Splinter Cell movie will no longer see the light of day. The film, which was set to star Tom Hardy as Sam Fisher, had gone through many changes, according to producer, Basil Iwanyk, but difficulties perfecting the script and keeping the budget reasonable ultimately led to its cancellation.

Speaking with The Direct, Iwanyk said: “That movie would have been awesome. We 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 hardcore and awesome. That's one of the ones that got away, which is really sad.”

While the live-action Splinter Cell movie isn't coming to fruition, a new animated adaptation is coming to Netflix in 2025, titled Splinter Cell: Deathwatch.

KitGuru Says: I don't think many fans would be happy going to see a movie for a game series that has long been abandoned by Ubisoft at this stage. Until Splinter Cell is back at the forefront of stealth-action games, a movie shouldn't even be in consideration.

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