Doug Liman in Final Talks to Direct "Splinter Cell"

[Swinny]

Doug Liman in Final Talks to Direct 'Splinter Cell' (Exclusive)

Doug Liman is in final negotiations to direct Splinter Cell, the adaptation of the Ubisoft video game that the company is developing with New Regency.

Tom Hardy is attached to star in the feature, which is now eyeing an August start date and a planned 2015 release.

Basil Iwanyk of Thunder Road Pictures and Jean-Julien Baronnet of Ubisoft Motion Picture Group are producing. Liman will also produce along with his partner, David Bartis.

Liman’s boarding now brings the project the closest its been to the runway. Cell was previously in development at DreamWorks and Paramount and at one point had Peter Berg attached to direct.

Splinter Cell is one of the biggest franchises in the video game world, with sales of over 23 million units as of 2012.

The game centers on Sam Fisher, a spy for a secret government organization called Third Echelon that fights terrorists. Eric Singer, who wrote the initial draft of the script that became American Hustle, wrote the screenplay.

Liman, repped by CAA, is best known for helming the action movies Mr. and Mrs. Smith and Bourne Identity.

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[Wang Chung]

This could be an amazing movie if done right. So much material and they could take it so any different ways.

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[Postman Dave]

This could be an amazing movie if done right. So much material and they could take it so any different ways.

A game series mostly about espionage and being sneaky. Watch them "Hitman it" and turn it into and action film.

 

[Wang Chung]

It would be a good action film if done right. It would be to hard to fo as a drama

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[Swinny]

A game series mostly about espionage and being sneaky. Watch them "Hitman it" and turn it into and action film.

Well Doug Liman did the original Bourne Identity and I think that type of style could be perfect to this.