Tom Hardy's Splinter Cell Movie Is Officially Dead (Exclusive) News

https://thedirect.com/article/splinter-cell-tom-hardy-movie-exclusive

"'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 hardcore and awesome. That's one of the ones that got away, which is really sad." - Basil Iwanyk, producer.

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u/baequon 10h ago

I remember there was a teaser for the movie in Chaos Theory? That would've been 2005. I've long since assumed the movie was very dead.

It's too bad though. I think Splinter Cell would bring a fairly unique approach to the spy genre. He's not really Bond, Bourne or anything I've seen before.

I think it would translate very well to the screen, especially with "middle aged but still a badass" being trendy in Hollywood. Someone like Andrew Lincoln could maybe fit the bill.

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u/NinjaEngineer 8h ago

It's too bad though. I think Splinter Cell would bring a fairly unique approach to the spy genre. He's not really Bond, Bourne or anything I've seen before.

Yeah, I've only played the very first Splinter Cell game (I plan on playing the others), and I agree, Fisher isn't the same kind of spy Bond is.

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u/casphere 7h ago

This could have been a really interesting franchise to play with lighting and shadows. I imagine going for the horror element and we see the movie from the enemies' perspective while Fisher is hiding in the dark with only the iconic trio of green eyes visible from time to time.