Splinter Cell Movie With Tom Hardy Confirmed Cancelled By Its Producer [Video]

The Splinter Cell movie that would have starred Tom Hardy as Sam Fisher was confirmed to be cancelled.

As reported by The Direct, the project’s producer, Basil Iwanyk, confirmed it himself. Iwanyk said:

“‘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.”

Ubisoft shopped around the idea of a Splinter Cell movie in 2012. That was a year before the latest game in the franchise, Splinter Cell Blacklist, was released. That was two console generations ago, and far apart from the woes that the company faces today.

Iwanyk got attached to the project in 2013, months after Tom Hardy was …