Paramount has acquired film rights to Tom Clancy's "Splinter Cell", signing Peter "Friday Night Lights" Berg to direct.

Berg is writing the script with "Splinter Cell" game writer J.T. Petty and John J. McLaughlin.

Paramount says the film will be aimed at combining the game's blend of stealth action with a "dynamic, original" character.

The game, now in its second edition, follows government agent 'Sam Fisher', who is dispatched to infiltrate an international, high-tech threat.

Published by Ubisoft, "Splinter Cell" is one of the most successful 'stealth' action games. The first two games in the series, "Splinter Cell" and "Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow," have already sold more than 6 million units worldwide, and a third, "Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory," is slated for release March 2005.