Splinter Cell: Deathwatch is an animated series scheduled for October 14 starring Liev Schreiber as Sam Fisher and Janet Varney as Anna "Grim" Grímsdóttir. Development spanned about five years after long anticipation and experienced cancellations of other planned adaptations such as a Tom Hardy film. The trailer emphasizes heavy gunplay, an older-looking Sam Fisher, and limited plot details beyond a personal storyline tied to the death of Douglas Shetland. The iconic three-light goggles appear briefly. Derek Kolstad, creator of Nobody and writer of the first three John Wick films, leads the series.
Ubisoft's long-promised animated series Splinter Cell: Deathwatch has finally been given a longer trailer and a release date. Due October 14, the Liev Schreiber-fronted anime also stars comedian Janet Varney as Anna "Grim" Grímsdóttir, and has been in the works for about four-hundred-thousand years. OK, five years, but it really has dragged on.
The trailer, however, is...not what I was expecting. In 2024, Michael Ironside-who voiced title character Sam Fisher in the games- said that he was "too old" to play the part at 75, with the role handed over to 57-year-old Liev Schreiber for the anime. So it's something of a surprise to see Sam appearing in the trailer looking like a 75-year-old man.
There's still no clear idea what the show will actually be about, beyond it being personal to Fisher, following the death of someone called Douglas Shetland. What we do see is a lot of guns being fired, and Sam mistaking a fair few people for knife racks. Oh, and while it's weirdly tossed away in the middle of the short teaser, at least the three-light googles appear at one point. I mean, I'm not in charge of Netflix marketing, but given most of the trailer looks like Sam Fisher: The Retirement Home Years, I'd perhaps have ended on the iconic headwear and maybe something that suggested some sort of intrigue.
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