Overview

• Showrunner Derek Kolstad says Ubisoft’s guidance boiled down to “love the character” and “respect the IP,” with otherwise minimal oversight.
• Kolstad contrasted the freedom on Deathwatch with his tighter experience working on Marvel’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
• The series is described as largely canonical to the Splinter Cell games despite the hands-off approach.
• Liev Schreiber voices an older, pulled-from-retirement Sam Fisher, replacing long-time actor Michael Ironside.
• Reporting also notes the long-announced Splinter Cell game remake from Ubisoft Toronto still lacks substantive updates.