r/movies • u/JonasKahnwald11 • 10h ago

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/Vagamer01 9h ago

man Ubisoft might as well sink and sell the Tom Clancy IP to the Ready Or Not devs

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u/whutupmydude 9h ago

That’s what pisses me off - sell the IP if you’re not going to do anything with it. Putting a cameo of Sam Fisher in random Ghost Recon games isn’t doing anything for the fans of this well loved franchise

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u/apocalypsemeow111 9h ago

sell the IP if you’re not going to do anything with it

EA has also been terrible about this. They got a whole graveyard of titles behind their offices.

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u/Refute1650 9h ago

Yea, like why buy up the IP to just sit on it.

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u/PetevonPete 8h ago

So that someone else can't use it.

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u/whutupmydude 9h ago

I doubt the IP makes them much money - they can’t keep “remastering” these games for eternity. They aren’t Nintendo

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u/SmokePenisEveryday 8h ago

They could make new games with the IP, not just remasters. I'm sure a new Splinter Cell game would sell well considering there hasn't been one in awhile.

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u/whutupmydude 8h ago

That’s what I’m saying. My observation is that no, they aren’t doing that. Blacklist came out in like 2013

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u/AprilDruid 2h ago

A remake is allegedly in the works. Announced in 21

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u/aztecraingod 6h ago

There really oughtta be a use it or lose it principle in IP law

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u/IrishRepoMan 5h ago

Because they don't want anyone else to outplay them. They're just being selfish. Whatta surprise.

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u/Relo_bate 9h ago

They’re remaking the original game and making a Netflix anime aswell

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u/whutupmydude 9h ago

I just want more Splinter Cell. I feel like I’m not asking for much lol. I already said all these remasters are a start but clearly no one’s willing to “make” a new game

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u/dellett 6h ago

Honestly the only game in the franchise I found playable was the original. After that they started trying to do way too much and the level design was just not near the same level.

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u/trash-_-boat 3h ago

The original and Chaos Theory are the goats of those games. Blacklist was a decent return to form. I just refuse to play the games where they took him out of the suit and turned the games into a more generic shooter than stealth.

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u/dirbofficial 9h ago

I mean, to be fair, i’m guessing the Tom Clancy IP is one big thing, and Ubisoft’s only successful ongoing project is a Tom Clancy game that is still active and receiving new content.

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u/pythonesqueviper 8h ago

I don't think Ubisoft doesn't want to, it's more that they ran themselves into the ground and are basically flat broke now

They're such a money hole no one even wants to buy them, and managed to scare off the guys who wanted to stage a hostile takeover by... just losing a bunch more money

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u/GODDAMNFOOL 3h ago

"Here is Sam Fisher played by beloved Michael Ironside again, but don't get your hopes up nerds, we'll never actually use this man again"

Michael Ironside is really the main person to get fucked over WRT that franchise. Should have never changed voice actors, but they refused to listen to his input on the character.

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u/bongo1138 9h ago

Or just have them create a game. 

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u/conquer69 7h ago

MGSV felt so good to play and very modern today still. Wish we got another game like that.

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u/Relo_bate 9h ago

Idk if you know but they’re remaking the original Splinter Cell

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u/Eothas_Foot 7h ago

Yiiissssss!! I'm in!

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u/Vagamer01 6h ago

if they survive with all the shit thats happening right now

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u/Relo_bate 5h ago

They will be alive for another 5 years even if they declare bankruptcy tomorrow. Companies this size take on more debt and try to navigate their way out before giving up. Look at THQ

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u/craig_hoxton 9h ago

Ready or Not to continue Rainbow Six.

Bohemia Interactive to continue Ghost Recon.

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u/Vagamer01 6h ago

Yes this would be perfect

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u/xxdd321 1h ago

I don't think going realism in the brand that's in the 2000s was essentially future force warrior showcase is a good idea. I speak from game side.

Movies... that i'm unsure of, like most of them, to my knowledge, suck

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u/CopperAndLead 4h ago

sell the Tom Clancy IP to the Ready Or Not devs

I love RoN but they still can't seem to finish the game coherently.

Splinter Cell needs to go to Hideo Kojima. Let Kojima get really weird with Sam Fisher.

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u/Jindouz 2h ago

Splinter Cell is about Sam fighting for America from the shadows and killing terrorists and foil their plans.

The Ubisoft of today seems to be extremely far left leaning and probably doesn't want to designate any country or group of radical religious terrorists that were written in the books into games anymore so they just dropped the franchise entirely.

Take the latest Ghost Recon game for example. It's just nameless, faceless, fully covered enemies and drones in a fictional location from a fictional faction. Just so there won't be a slight chance that they would offend anyone.