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‘Assassin’s Creed’ Live-Action Series Ordered at Netflix

The long-gestating "Assassin's Creed" live-action series adaptation is officially moving forward at Netflix, Variety has learned.

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The long-gestating "Assassin's Creed" live-action series adaptation is officially moving forward at Netflix, Variety has learned.

The news comes nearly five years after it was first reported that the streaming giant was developing a series version of the global hit video game franchise under a deal with game publisher Ubisoft. The project has gone through multiple creative teams in that time, with Roberto Patino and David Wiener now set as creators, showrunners, and executive producers.

"We've been fans of 'Assassin's Creed' since its release in 2007," Wiener and Patino said. "Every day we work on this show, we come away excited and humbled by the possibilities that 'Assassin's Creed' opens to us. Beneath the scope, the spectacle, the parkour and the thrills is a baseline for the most essential kind of human story — about people searching for purpose, struggling with questions of identity and destiny and faith. It is about power and violence and sex and greed and vengeance. But more than anything, this is a show about the value of human connection, across cultures, across time. And it's about what we stand to lose as a species, when those connections break. We've got an amazing team behind us with the folks at Ubisoft and our champions at Netflix, and we're committed to creating something undeniable for fans all over the planet."

In addition to Wiener and Patino, Gerard Guillemot, Margaret Boykin and Austin Dill of Ubisoft Film & Television serve as executive producers, as does Matt O'Toole.

 

[Kilau]

Netflix casting time to shine.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Ezio or Edward as main protags or I wont give a shit. It'll prolly be a woman tho.

 

[CrimsonTide]

Hollywood is so creatively bankrupt, they now are just like "quick, let's look at every popular video game ever and make shows and movies on them"

Mario
Sonic
Fallout
Last of us
Witcher
Assassins creed
etc

It's that or reboot a movie from 30 years ago

 

[Jinzo Prime]

Didn't... didn't we already try this?

And it flopped.

 

[Draugoth]

From the makers of the Halo Paramount TV Show

lol

 

[BennyBlanco]

Didn't... didn't we already try this?

And it flopped.

It's easy to forget how many shitty videogame movies there have been. Ive still never seen that Warcraft movie.

 

[GymWolf]

Netflix casting time to shine.

 

[Jinzo Prime]

From the makers of the Halo Paramount TV Show

lol

 

[Methos#1975]

If this show doesn't delve into the Isu it's pointless

 

[StereoVsn]

Is Pedro Pascal available?

Also… makers of Halo show… Is that a threat?

 

[Lucifers Beard]

Sounds about right. Netflix making stuff barely anyone asked for. Ruined Castlevania with that shitty second series, DMC was fucking terrible (although I barely made it 10 minutes before turning it off) and The Witcher is a miserable pile of shit too.

It pains me that I pay for Netflix, there just isn't a better alternative that I've seen in the UK.

 

[Chukhopops]

I'm not getting excited for this one...

 

[Magic Carpet]

Assassins Creed Lower Decks. Cartoonify it.

 

[KyoZz]

They will milk this IP to it's death.

 

[MrRibeye]

 

[Karim]

Didn't... didn't we already try this?

And it flopped.

I know it's not a terrible movie but from what I heard it doesn't respect at all the game lore so fuck it. I hope the series won't be like Resident Evil but One piece is not bad at all so there is still some hope for something decent.

 

[Just_one]

they better start this shit with Altair...

 

[The_hunter]

It's easy to forget how many shitty videogame movies there have been. Ive still never seen that Warcraft movie.

Warcraft movie is not bad, apart from the forced romance subplot.

 

[Kurotri]

It is about power and violence and sex and greed and vengeance

What the fuck are they on about? I see a huge fucking dogshit show coming our way, especially with that Halo guy in charge. AC is supposed to about 2 philosophies clashing with each other. Never did I think about seggs when playing these games.

 

[Rush2112]

From the makers of the Halo Paramount TV Show

lol

/thread

 

[Gonzito]

Its going to be a wokefest right papis

 

[Dr_Ifto]

Hollywood is so creatively bankrupt, they now are just like "quick, let's look at every popular video game ever and make shows and movies on them"

Mario
Sonic
Fallout
Last of us
Witcher
Assassins creed
etc

It's that or reboot a movie from 30 years ago

Um how is this different than just adapting a book?

 

[CrimsonTide]

Um how is this different than just adapting a book?

Well yeah both are done to death. But just feels lately it's video game heavy. Also, books still leave much to the imagination all the while being extremely dense. Once you adapt a video game, we have seen 50 hours of movie cut scenes and gameplay and seen the actual characters in full on 4K.

 

[Sebastian1295]

It's easy to forget how many shitty videogame movies there have been. Ive still never seen that Warcraft movie.

That warcraft movie is actually pretty fun. I saw it with my brother when it first came out and i remember having a decent time watching it.

 

[SILKYSMOOTH30FPS]

The show better have some references to mtx time savers, or it won't be true to form.

 

[pnutboy]

Will suck ass. Zero confidence they understand these games

 

[xrnzaaas]

I can already guess there's going to be a storyline about some lesbian hackers going against Abstergo and a poc overload in historical settings where they probably didn't belong at the time.

 

[roosnam1980]

 

[Kenneth Haight]

Didn't... didn't we already try this?

And it flopped.

Don't underestimate ubisofts desire to completely milk the last remaining franchises that some people still care about.

 

[DragoonKain]

Me when I hear man behind Westworld: "Ok, I guess."

Me when I hear man behind Halo:

 

[Signalis]

I assume all white people will represent the big bad templars? And a strong POC will be the Assassin to take down those pesky templars

 

[Grildon Tundy]

Ubisoft always striking when the iron is hot!

 

[Badlucktroll]

when are we going to get the live action hero we deserve…..SOLID SNAKE

 

[Chairman Yang]

Da Vinci's Demons is a better Assassin's Creed show than this will likely be. Pity so few people watched it.

That said, this could be good if it doesn't try to fit into existing AC lore and instead retells the story from the start, while jettisoning the dumbest parts of the games. Treat it as a total reboot, in other words. I doubt Ubi will have the wisdom to allow the showrunners to do that, though.

 

[AJUMP23]

I imagine this will be terrible.

when are we going to get the live action hero we deserve…..SOLID SNAKE

Let me tell you about Escape from NY

 

[Fbh]

 

[Spyxos]

From the makers of the Halo Paramount TV Show

lol

Uff uff , they should cast some folks from Too hot too handle. This will be a masterpiece.

 

[spons]

This series will be a marketing campaign for the game franchise and absolutely nothing else.

 

[Bernardougf]

Put a chick in it and make her gay and extra lame