A film adaptation of the flagship franchise has been in development for 15 years now, with Tom Hardy, Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow), Joseph Kahn (Detention) and Frank John Hughes (Justified), though sources report that project is considered to be inactive after three years of no movement.
After attaching himself to a film adaptation of Square Enix’s Just Cause franchise and TV adaptation of IO Interactive’s Hitman, Derek Kolstad is continuing his dive into the video game world with an anime adaptation of Splinter Cell at Netflix, according to Variety.
In addition to the John Wick franchise, Kolstad most recently co-wrote the Quibi action-comedy Die Hart starring Kevin Hart and John Travolta, as well as contributing to the Disney+ Marvel series Falcon and the Winter Soldier and was signed by Square Enix to pen the long-in-development film adaptation of Just Cause, which recently acquired Stuber helmer Michael Dowse to direct.
Though no details are currently known on the plot of the series, sources report that the project has received a two-season, 16-episode order from the mammoth streaming platform and will see the John Wick creator serve as writer and executive producer for the series.