Official Trailer for Ubisoft & Netflix’s ‘Splinter Cell: Deathwatch’ Anime
by Alex Billington
September 16, 2025
Source: YouTube
“Those who want the world to change, know that they must break it.” Netflix has revealed the main official trailer for their next anime series Splinter Cell: Deathwatch, another animated take on another popular franchise. It’s ready to launch for streaming on Netflix in October this fall – right around the corner. In this first-ever adaptation of the acclaimed stealth video game Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell, legendary secret agent Sam Fisher is drawn back in when a wounded young operative seeks out his help. It’s produced by Ubisoft, in partnership with Derek Kolstad (creator of John Wick and Nobody), Sun Creature and Fost. Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell is originally a series of stealth action-adventure video games, the first of which was released in 2002, and their tie-in novels that were endorsed by Tom Clancy. The series follows Sam Fisher, a highly trained agent of a fictional black-ops sub-division in the NSA, the “Third Echelon”, as he confronts adversaries. Liev Schreiber voices Sam Fisher, and Kirby Howell-Baptiste voices Zinnia McKenna in this series. This is much better than the teaser trailer, packed with tons of action and fist fights and the cool green nightvision goggles. But it still lacks all the mystery & intrigue that I want from a Splinter Cell anime.
Here’s the main trailer (+ poster) for Ubisoft’s animated series Splinter Cell: Deathwatch, via YouTube:
You can rewatch the teaser trailer for Ubisoft’s Splinter Cell: Deathwatch series right here for the first look.
Splinter Cell follows Fisher, a black ops agent working for a US government division called the Fourth Echelon. Splinter Cell: Deathwatch is an animated adaptation of Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell, the award-winning series of espionage video games created by Ubisoft. The first was released in 2002. A series of tie-in novels following Fisher on his missions as a black ops agent were published in the mid 2000s. Splinter Cell: Deathwatch is a series created and showrun by Hollywood action writer Derek Kolstad (creator / writer of John Wick, John Wick: Chapter 2, Nobody, Nobody 2, Die Hart). With additional writing by David Daitch, Katie J. Stone, Naomi G. Davis, Anthony Florez, Fallon O’Dowd, Matias Wulff, and Joseph Mwamba. Featuring episodes directed by Guillaume Dousse and Félicien Colmet-Daage. The series is made by Ubisoft Film & Television and animation studios Sun Creature and Fost. Executive produced by Derek Kolstad, Hélène Juguet, Hugo Revon, and Gérard Guillemot for Ubisoft. Netflix will debut Splinter Cell: Deathwatch streaming on Netflix worldwide starting October 14th, 2025 this fall. Anyone want to watch it? Who’s in?
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