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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Movie Rights Bought by Paramount

By James Wray Dec 17, 2004, 12:26 GMT

Paramount has bought the film rights to the video game Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell.Peter Berg is to direct and is also co-writing the script with J.T. Petty and John J. McLaughlin.Paramount say the movie is aimed at combining the game's blend of stealth action with a "dynamic, original" character.The game and its' numerous sequels follow the adventures of government spy Sam Fisher as he's dispatched to infiltrate an international terrorist syndicate and stop a high-tech threat.Published by Ubisoft, the Splinter Cell series has been one of the biggest selling games of the last few years. No doubt helping to fuel this trend for movie adaptations, which have tended to be commercially successful if not critically acclaimed.The next in the game series is Chaos Theory.Source: Variety

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