Jake Gyllenhaal will attempt to lead another big budget, high profile video game adaptation, this time based on the brand new hit IP Tom Clancy’s The Division.
Similar to how Michael Fassbender is starring and producing Assassin’s Creed – the first movie out of Ubisoft Motion Pictures – Gyllenhaal will also be listed as producer for The Division.
Variety has the scoop that Jake Gyllenhaal is attached to star in an adaptation of The Division video game which launched just months ago, setting not only the first-day sales record for Ubisoft, but becoming the fastest-selling new IP ever for the industry.
Video game publisher and developer Ubisoft may not be too happy with Hollywood for how it adapted the Prince of Persia series to the big screen, leading them to finance their own future video game adaptations with the newly formed Ubisoft Motion Pictures, but they’re holding no grudges against the star of the movie.