Splinter Cell, The Flash Get Directors

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Variety reports that Paramount Pictures will be adapting Tom Clancy’s video game Splinter Cell with Peter Berg (The Rundown) directing.

J.T. Petty and John J. McLaughlin, who co-wrote the video game, will write the screenplay along with Berg. The game follows the plotline of government spy Sam Fisher, as he tries to stop a terrorist organization from disaster. Two games have been released already by Ubisoft and have sold over 6 million copies worldwide.

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David Goyer, writer on the Blade trilogy and on Batman Begins, will do a feature film version of The Flash. Goyer will write, produce and direct the movie

DC Comics will finance the film along with Warner Bros. Pictures. The Flash was originally published in 1939 and told the story of a man with the ability to run at super speeds

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