Ubisoft has confirmed the countdown is on. From the writer of the John Wick and Nobody franchise scomes the new animated series Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Deathwatch, with the teaser trailer set to premiere Thursday at #AnimeNYC.
To mark the announcement, a first teaser poster has been released. You can also watch the first teaser below.
Liev Schreiber Voices Sam Fisher
The series stars Liev Schreiber (The Perfect Couple) as legendary covert operative Sam Fisher. This new take on Splinter Cell pushes the franchise into the era of hybrid warfare, offering a sharper and more modern look at espionage.
What Is Splinter Cell About?
Splinter Cell follows Sam Fisher, a black ops agent working for a secretive U.S. government division known as the Fourth Echelon.
The teaser introduces the story with a pair of goggles sinking underwater and a coffin marked “Beloved Father” for a man named Douglas Shetland. Over the scene, Fisher delivers the line:
“Once you get used to the shadows, you see bad people for who they really are. And they’ll never see you coming for them.”
Creative Team
The series comes from Ubisoft Film & Television in partnership with animation studios Sun Creature and Fost.
- Directors: Guillaume Dousse and Félicien Colmet-Daage
- Head Writer: Derek Kolstad (John Wick)
- Executive Producers: Derek Kolstad, Hélène Juguet, Hugo Revon, Gérard Guillemot (Ubisoft)
Based on the Ubisoft Game Series
Splinter Cell: Deathwatch adapts Ubisoft’s acclaimed stealth-action video game franchise, first launched in 2002. The series expanded beyond games with tie-in novels in the mid-2000s, cementing Fisher as one of Tom Clancy’s most recognizable characters.
The animated series will bring Fisher’s shadow war to life in a new format, with Netflix exclusively streaming the show.
Release
The teaser trailer for Splinter Cell: Deathwatch debuts Thursday at Anime NYC, with the series streaming only on Netflix.
Watch the teaser:
