Another popular video game franchise is set for a film adaptation, and one of Hollywood’s toughest male actors is set to star in it!
Popularly known for his recent portrayal of Bane in Christopher Nolan’s final Batman film “The Dark Knight Rises”, English actor Tom Hardy is set to play one of science fiction and gaming’s top action heroes: Sam Fischer, the lead character of Tom Clancy’s highly acclaimed “Splinter Cell” franchise.
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Developed into an equally successful series of games by Ubisoft, the Splinter Cell games details the adventure of Fischer, a retired U.S Navy Seal operative who now works as a highly trained black ops agent of the fictional government sub-agency “Third Echelon”. Using his training in covert operations and stealth, Fischer is sent through various missions worldwide to stop terrorist threats and rogue forces bent on world domination.
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