A film based on The Division is set to premiere exclusively on Netflix. With top stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Chastain, the film boasts a prominent cast. The agents from The Division 2 are already making jokes at the film’s expense.
This is what Ubisoft says: They say that the film for “The Division” has a director, writers, and now a home, thanks to Netflix. The film will come exclusively to the streaming platform Netflix.
Ubisoft had already announced the film in June 2016.
These are the people involved:
- The director is David Leitch (Deadpool 2, Atomic Blonde, The Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs&Shaw)
- Writer will be Rafe Judkins (Agents of Shield, The Wheel of Time)
- Lead actor is Jake Gyllenhaal (Source Code, Nightcrawler, End of Watch, Prince of Persia)
- Lead actress will be Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty, A Most Violent Year, Interstellar).
This is what is known about the plot: Ubisoft says that the film takes place in a “near future,” where a virus spread through cash on Black Friday. The virus has killed millions of people in New York City.
If civilization has any hope of not descending into chaos, it will be up to the “Division”, a group of highly trained civilians, to save what is left of humanity.
The best quotes from the agents at the film’s expense
Here are the agents’ quotes: On Reddit, players are already amusing themselves greatly, even without having seen the film or having more information. They reference many quirks from The Division 1 and 2 and how the film might portray them:
- “For half the movie, Gyllenhaal will be rummaging through his inventory and recalibrating things”
- “The credits must end with a Delta error.”
- “They will nerf his weapons because they are OP”
- “10% to 15% of the movie will be waiting on cooldown”
- “Half of the film will consist of shooting at a single enemy”
- “I bet he plays Alex!”
- “It will be that Gyllenhaal reaches level 30, only to find out that friends won’t help him save the world until he has 4 raid badges, 500 gear score, and a bulletproof image.”
When will the film come to Netflix? Neither Ubisoft nor Netflix currently have a date. It is also unknown if filming has already taken place. Gyllenhaal is currently appearing in the new Spider-Man.
The film may still be a while in coming.
