Cancelled Splinter Cell movie starring Tom Hardy was 'going to be hardcore and awesome,' says producer: 'That's one of the ones that got away, which is really sad'

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 23: Tom Hardy attends the UK Premiere of "Venom: The Last Dance" at the BFI IMAX Waterloo on October 23, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Lia Toby/Getty Images).

The Splinter Cell movie that was set to star Tom Hardy has been canned, according to one of the producers on the project, who told The Direct that the project has been dropped because they "just couldn't get it right."

First things first: Yes indeed, a live-action Splinter Cell was in the works, to some extent. Don't feel bad if you either didn't know or had completely forgotten about it. The film was announced in 2012 with Tom Hardy in the lead as Sam Fisher, and not much else—a deal with a studio hadn't even been struck at that point—and that was pretty much the end of it.