Tom Clancy’sThe Divisionis coming to Netflix. It’s been announced that the forthcoming movie adaptation of Ubisoft’s best-selling video game franchise has landed at the streaming service, with both Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Chastain attached to star. Director David Leith is also on board to helm the adaptation. The announcement was made by Netflix’s NX Twitter account via the following message.
“[Access Granted. Commencing Transmission] Director David Leitch,Jessica Chastain, and Jake Gyllenhaal are bringing Ubisoft’s The Division to Netflix. It’s the Tom Clancy high-stakes action you love, in the pandemic stricken Manhattan that offers no second chances.”
Ubisoft initially made the announcement as part of their E3 press conference. The news was then confirmed online by Netflix as well, cementing this as a done deal. We first learned that a movie based on the video game was in the works back in 2016.Jake Gyllenhaalwas attached at the start. Jessica Chastain boarded the project later, with David Leitch landing the gig in April of last year. Stephen Gaghan (Gold) was originally attached to direct. After he departed, the door was left open for Leitch to step in.
David Leitchis coming off of a serious hot streak. After co-directing the firstJohn Wick, he went on to helmAtomic Blonde, before making his way to major blockbusters with the highly-successfulDeadpool 2. He recently wrapped filming on theFast and Furiousspin-offHobbs and Shawas well. Jake Gyllenhaal, meanwhile, remains one of Hollywood’s most in-demand actors. He starred in another Netflix movie,Velvet Buzzsaw, earlier this year and will be seen as Mysterio inSpider-Man: Far From Homenext month. Jessica Chastain is one of the most sought after actresses in the business and is showing no signs of slowing down. She’s set to star inIT: Chapter Twolater this year and has a slew of other projects coming down the pipeline, includingEveandThe Eyes of Tammy Faye.
The Divisiontakes place in the near future and sees virus is spread on Black Friday, which decimates New York City. A group of civilians who are trained to operate in such catastrophes is called upon in an attempt to save those left in the city. The game currently has more than 20 million players worldwide. The Division 2 was released in March of this year. There is no word yet on how soon production will get underway, nor is it clear when the movie will actually be released. Feel free to check out the announcement post from Netflix’sNX Twitteraccount below.
