Netflix has launched the newest trailer for the grownup animated sequence, Splinter Cell: Deathwatch. Tailored from the favored Tom Clancy Splinter Cell video video games, Deathwatch options Liev Schreiber voicing the enduring character of Sam Fisher, a spy specializing in counter-terrorism. The animated sequence is developed by Derek Kolstad, greatest often called the creator of John Wick, author of John Wick: Chapter 2, and a author and co-executive on The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
A brand new trailer for Splinter Cell: Deathwatch has been launched, courtesy of Netflix. The sequence will middle on an older Sam Fisher, who’s pulled again into the sphere from retirement when a mission from his previous comes again to wreak havoc on the world. Schreiber takes over the voice of Fisher from franchise veteran Michael Ironside, and is joined by Janet Varney (The Legend of Korra) and Kirby Howell-Baptiste (The Sandman). Splinter Cell: Deathwatch will debut on Oct. 14, 2025. See the trailer beneath:
‘Splinter Cell: Deathwatch’ Ties Again to 2005 Video Sport Entry
The Splinter Cell online game franchise launched in 2002, releasing eight entries between then and 2013. Whereas no new sport has been made, a remake is presently in improvement, and the franchise stays a nostalgic online game IP for many who grew up within the mid-2000s. A live-action Splinter Cell movie has been in improvement way back to 2005, and Tom Hardy even signed on to play Sam Fisher in 2012. By 2014, The Bourne Id director Doug Liman signed on to helm Splinter Cell earlier than stepping down in 2015. The film remained in improvement hell for over a decade, however in 2024, it was confirmed that the movie adaptation had been canceled by sport developer Ubisoft on account of issues concerning the funds and script
In 2020, Splinter Cell: Deathwatch was confirmed to be in improvement at Netflix. Whereas the live-action movie appeared to be constrained by needing to suit the franchise inside the parameters of a PG-13 score, the Netflix animated sequence is allowed to be rated TV-MA. Given Derek Kolstad’s hand in brutally violent franchises like John Wick and No one, he looks like the correct match for Splinter Cell. Will probably be fascinating to see how his fashion interprets to animation, although the medium may give him much more alternatives to showcase deaths that might not be doable in live-action.
Regardless that Splinter Cell: Deathwatch is an unique story set on the furthest level within the franchise’s timeline, it does seem to keep up some continuity with the video games. The sequence appears to be related to the occasions of the 2005 sport, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Chaos Principle, and can comply with the aftermath of the demise of Sam Fisher’s former buddy, turned enemy, Douglas Shetland. Now within the current, Shetland’s kids appear to have management over their father’s firm, Displace Worldwide. If Splinter Cell: Deathwatch is successful, it actually might result in extra parts and plotlines from different video games being revisited, and assist revive the long-dormant online game sequence.