Ubisoft skal have kudos for ikke at lade sig skræmme af modtagelsen af deres Assassin’s Creed-film. Den har især fået anmelder-tæsk af amerikanske anmeldere, men rent faktisk gjort det ganske godt – både i Danmark og resten af verden.

Da Ubisoft tilbage i august måned sidste år fortalte, at de havde planer om en film baseret på The Division, var instruktøren endnu ikke kendt. Det stod dog da allerede klart, at hovedrollerne ville blive besat af Jake Gyllenhaal og Jessica Chastain.

Ubisoft kan her til aften fortælle, at det bliver Stephen Gaghan som sætter sig i instruktørstolen på The Division filmen. Gaghan har bl.a. skrevet drejebogen til fantastiske Traffic og både skrevet og instrueret Syriana. Det er et anderledes og interessant valg, som Ubisoft har foretaget. Gaghan er ikke en traditionel actionfilms-mand og det synes at påpege lidt andre (og mere spændende) ambitioner for den kommende The Division-film.

Copenhagen, Denmark — January 19, 2017 — Today, Ubisoft Motion Pictures, the film and television studio of Ubisoft®, announced Academy Award® winner Stephen Gaghan will write and direct the upcoming “The Division” film.

Gaghan won an Academy Award® for writing “Traffic” and was nominated for his work on “Syriana,” which he both wrote and directed. His latest directorial effort, “Gold,” comes out January 2017. He joins Academy Award® nominees Jessica Chastain and Jake Gyllenhaal on the project, which is based on the fastest-selling new video game franchise in history.

Stephen Gaghan står bag bl.a. Traffic og Syriana.

“We are really excited to bring Stephen’s unique vision of the game to film audiences around the globe,” said Gerard Guillemot, Chief Executive Officer, Ubisoft Motion Pictures.

“We can’t wait for Stephen’s remarkable passion and talent to bring the astonishing world of The Division to life,” added Matt Phelps, Vice President and Head of Development, Ubisoft Motion Pictures.

“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 writer and director, 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.”

2 KOMMENTARER

  1. Jeg bliver noget overrasket hvis den bliver noget værd at skrive hjem om. Men hvor fedt ville det lige være hvis der i filmen var en række mennesker der stod i kø for at bruge en bærbar.