""You have to rip the spine out of the source material," he said. "Keep the brain and the heart, entertain the soul, and do your best to actually build it into something that works.""
""I hope so. ... [Ubisoft's] got a stranglehold on their IP for good measure because they've got some of the best titles. But there were some things that along the way [they] were like, 'Don't do that.' And I'm like, 'Why?' And they're like, 'Hey, we got other plans,'" he said."
""Say what you will about that movie, but Liev Schreiber as John Clark was perfect. And so when his name came up, it was looking through that lens of John Clark. It's again, they're both Clancy characters, they're attached to the hip, same creator, same un""
Derek Kolstad serves as showrunner for Netflix's animated Splinter Cell series Deathwatch. Deathwatch is set decades after the original games and seeks to honor the franchise's core while allowing creative departures. The creative approach emphasizes keeping the franchise's brain and the heart and entertaining the soul while changing other elements to make the series work as an independent narrative. Canonical status with Ubisoft remains unclear, with Ubisoft retaining tight control over the IP and reserving certain plans. Michael Ironside does not return as Sam Fisher; Liev Schreiber provides a new vocal interpretation. The production balances fidelity with reinvention and may relate to other Splinter Cell projects.
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