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Ubisoft Would Consider Hollywood Buyout
GamesIndustry.biz has the word that Splinter Cell and Prince of Persia developer Ubisoft may consider a buyout by a Hollywood studio. Intriguing, after the back and forth between Ubisoft and EA earlier this year. From the article: "The CEO told the paper that an acquisition by a large multinational entertainment firm - such as Walt Disney Co. or Time Warner - 'is a solution which could be, for us, fairly interesting.'" Interesting would be to see how such a development would affect the franco-phone-tastic relations that Ubi has with Quebec.
I can see it now, Disney buys out Ubisoft. A little over a year and a half later we get "Splinter Cell:The Movie". It will be all animated, and we will be subjected to a showstopping musical number, wherein the main protagonist is singing while sneaking into the evil enemy fortress. He won't actually kill anyone, simply distact them at opportune points in the musical number with the most over-the-top stunts ever seen by man. During this whole time the villian's minions will be singing backup for the protagonist.
Evetually, the story (what little of it there is) will degenerate into a heroic duet as the protagonist and the villian fight it out to the last.
This movie will be followed by "Splinter Cell:The Movie 2", followed shortly by the direct-to-video release of "Splinter Cell:Kids" The story of the children, who just happen to be agents, rescuing their parents from the evil villian, with silly antics and blindingly obvious traps.
And, of course, we'll get the accompanying games, which let you "play the movie." Which will, according to the laws of the universe, suck.
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