The games follow Sam Fisher (Tom Hardy), a black ops agent who neutralizes terrorist threats around the world for a secret government division called Echelon.
Liman says that the film is essentially an origin story about Fisher:
"I'm working on the script with Tom Hardy. I think we have a great take on how to make an awesome film out of that. Everything about Splinter Cell will be younger. It's a chance to come up with a new franchise that is fresher and newer and younger, and Tom Hardy is such an incredible actor. Some of the tropes of the game will for sure be in the film, but also the fun of that is when you lose them. To strip that stuff away and really make the character have to operate without it."
Filming was originally slated to begin in August until Sheldon Turner (Up in the Air, X-Men: First Class) was hired to take over the script to perform re-writes.
Eric Warren Singer ("American Hustle") penned the previous draft.
Basil Iwanyk and Jean-Julien Baronnet are producing the project.
Ubisoft will be very involved and retain control over how the game is translated into a film.
No word as yet as to when it will actually begin shooting. The film has been in the works for nearly as decade with Peter Berg previously attached to direct.
The project marks a reunion of Turner, Liman and Hardy. All three are still attached to a George Mallory biopic "The Summit" aka Everest but that project is on hold and probably won't film until next year.
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