United Kingdom, Nov. 15 -- The 'Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell' film from Ubisoft has been reportedly been cancelled.

According to the movie's producer Basil Iwanyk, the flick - which would have adapted the game studio's stealth-action franchise - has been scrapped because the creative team "just couldn't get it right".

The producer told The Direct: "That movie would have been awesome ... just couldn't get it right, script-wise, budget-wise. But it was going to be great.

"We had a million different versions of it, but it was going to be hardcore and awesome. That's one of the ones that got away, which is really sad."

While Iwanyk claims the movie has been canned, neither Ubisoft nor New Regency - who are meant to be jointly producing the ...