Today, Ubisoft announced that a Tom Clancy's The Division will be made into a feature film. Ubisoft also announced that Stephen Gaghan (Traffic, Syriana) will be directing the film. Also collaborating with Gaghan is Jessica Chastain and Jake Gyllenhall.
“I’m excited to work with Ubisoft Motion Pictures and collaborate with their team at Massive Entertainment to bring The Division to the big screen, they’re great guys, exceptionally creative, and willing to take risks,” shared Stephen Gaghan. “The game has been an enormous success, in large part due to the visual landscape they created, their vision of a mid-apocalyptic Manhattan. It’s immersive, wonderfully strange, and yet familiar, filled with possibilities. It’s also remarkable to be able to collaborate with Jessica Chastain and Jake Gyllenhaal early in the process. We all feel the story Ubisoft created is more relevant than ever.”
There is a lot to be excited about when it comes to Hollywood version of The Division. There are a lot of story lines that can be explored and will be easier to bring to the big screen than other video game movie adaptations. Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed hasn't done very well at all at the box office, but that was a tall order. There has yet to be a video that has blown people away.
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