Rainbow Six under the direction of John Woo

News - Woo on-board for another gaming-related project

John Woo's dabblings in the game industry become more numerous by the day, or so it seems, with word this evening from the US that the director of Face Off will be the driving force behind a brand new movie based on the Rainbow Six licence also possessed by Ubisoft and of course author Tom Clancy - whose Red Storm developer is credited with kick-starting the whole stealth-shooter sub-genre.

Entertainment rag Variety reports that said film rights have been acquired by Paramount Pictures, who have enlisted Woo's directorial talents to turn this promising licence into an action-packed blockbuster. Woo's involvement in all things gaming-turned-cinematic first began a couple of months ago when the director's own studio acquired the rights to create a Metroid Prime film, which was closely followed by news a few weeks ago informing us that Woo has also been signed to direct a Spy Hunter film for Universal. Spy Hunter will star The Rock in lead role.

Whilst the film will be based primarily on Clancy's 1998 novel, parallels with the videogame from the same year are inevitable given their concurrent characters and premise elements. More on this as we get it.