Good news for those of us who like the game Splinter Cell, and not just for the playing. I always enjoy the animations between levels, and in particular the character of Sam Fisher, embittered and sarcastic he suited me to a tee, as well as the game itself. All along I’ve thought this could make for an excellent movie, as long as it was kept away from Mr Boll, and the good news is it looks like it might be, from Coming Soon:
DreamWorks is close to acquiring the film rights to Tom Clancy’s videogame Splinter Cell, with Daniel Pyne (The Manchurian Candidate) attached to write the script, says Variety. The studio would take the project over from Paramount, where it was originally set up last winter. Michael Ovitz, Clancy’s longtime manager, is still producing.
Another good thing to note on this adaptation:
Clancy and Yves Guillemot, chief of videgame publisher Ubisoft, are executive producing.
That could well be good news for the movie version with some control being their for the original makers and the Clancy-meister, and with the creatives at Dreamworks we could be looking at a high budget, well conceived and developed script. Well, compared to the previous videogame developments.
