Ubisoft's Splinter Cell movie cancelled after producer admits they "just couldn't get it right"

"That movie would have been awesome... Just couldn't get it right, script-wise, budget-wise," said producer Basil Iwanyk.

"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."

Whilst undoubedly a blow to Ubisoft and Sam Fisher fans everywhere, not all is lost, as Ubisoft still has several TV and movie adaptations on the way.

Thelong-awaited animated adaptationof Ubisoft's Splinter Cell,Splinter Cell: Deathwatch, is also still to come, too.Netflixdropped the official announcement in September, and whilst the teaser only clocked in at around a minute long, it gave us a first taste of what to expect when the show finally debuts on the streaming platform.

Last month, nearly a decade after its first announcement,Ubisoft's Watch Dogs movie finally wrapped filming. We're still awaiting a release date, though.