{"id":2027968,"date":"2025-09-17T03:40:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T03:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2027968"},"modified":"2025-09-17T03:40:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T03:40:35","slug":"blackwatch-finally-adapts-ubisofts-legendary-video-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/blackwatch-finally-adapts-ubisofts-legendary-video-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackwatch Finally Adapts Ubisoft&#8217;s Legendary Video Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fans of <em>Tom Clancy\u2019s Splinter Cell <\/em>video games have been waiting since at least 2005 to see Sam Fisher\u2019s exploits adapted. 20 years later, all of that history has led to Netflix\u2019s animated\u00a0 <em>Splinter Cell: Blackwatch<\/em> series finally finishing the job. With a full trailer now available for fans of Ubisoft\u2019s legendary gaming franchise, I think we can say that the Liev Schreiber-led series looks well worth the wait.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Developed by <em>John Wick<\/em> franchise writer\/creator Derek Kolstad, <em>Blackwatch<\/em> sees Fisher exercising his fifth freedom rights to protect the United States &#8211; and ultimately the world. He\u2019s not alone though, as a new Splinter Cell is in the mix in the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa0Nhbm8tbnBIQjB0VzVGbVd5R1lLRjJTZHdaZ3xBQ3Jtc0ttZzBsa1BUTl9kdWlpRURMSWl4dHVuWkJZR3dxcWpRVXJuaGQ0TGppX3FqbEdhaWt1TTF0dnNDNjdpQnN2cEt4bkdrM1RyTGtCU3FVRmZMRWdTMHpQOGh0OFJkQTVuclYwbVVEMnNWZ3ZyMEhFaUhNaw&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.netflix.com%2Ftitle%2F81306318&amp;v=4A9iFjaKeMk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Netflix;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Netflix<\/a> trailer shown below:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On the side of the heroes, incoming operative Zinnia McKenna (Kirby Howell-Baptiste) is the new blood joining the Fourth Echelon (or whatever the current iteration of the clandestine intelligence agency is on.) Serving as echoes of the past are Sam Fisher\u2019s long time comrade in arms Anna &#8220;Grim&#8221; Gr\u00edmsd\u00f3ttir (Janet Varney), and <em>Splinter Cell: Blackwatch\u2019s<\/em> presumed big bad Diana Shetland (Kari Wahlgren). This is where fans of both espionage thrillers and the <em>John Wick<\/em> saga\u2019s ears should start to perk up.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Apparently Ms. Shetland is avenging the death of her dear old dad Douglas &#8211; a man whose ticket was punched by Sam Fisher. With a literal time piece acting as the key to the nefarious plot at the heart of\u00a0 <em>Splinter Cell: Blackwatch<\/em>, a ticking clock stands between the world and whatever Diana\u2019s project (code named Xanadu) is set to unleash.\u00a0Surely the high tech looking schematic behind that endeavor couldn&#8217;t spell some sort of disastrous doom, could it?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Slickly animated, and voiced by an impressive cadre of voice talent, <em>Blackwatch<\/em> fulfills a dream that&#8217;s been on the books for some time. Indeed we\u2019ve come a long way from that 2005 teaser trailer for Paramount\u2019s previously proposed film on the disc for <em>Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory<\/em>. And if you\u2019re curious what <em>that<\/em> looked like, you\u2019re in luck &#8211; because the internet has preserved that reel, shared here:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">All told, Liev Schreiber sounds like he\u2019s filling <em>Splinter Cell<\/em> legend Michael Ironside\u2019s vocal shoes rather well in <em>Blackwatch<\/em>. The series also has the potential to tell a story that&#8217;s just as compelling as the ones we&#8217;ve seen in the gaming portion of this franchise; but without the need for a freshly charged controller. Unfortunately, you\u2019ll have to wait a little under a month to fully judge, as this new series doesn\u2019t hit Netflix until October 14th.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fans of Tom Clancy\u2019s Splinter Cell video games have been waiting since at least 2005 to see Sam Fisher\u2019s exploits adapted. 20 years later, all of that history has led to Netflix\u2019s animated\u00a0 Splinter Cell: Blackwatch series finally finishing the job. 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