Assassin's Creed Movie In The Works, Fassbender Stars
See Full ImageWe all saw this coming, didn't we? Sure we did.
According to a new Variety report, a feature film based on Ubisoft's blockbuster Assassin's Creed franchise is in the works.
Michael Fassbender will star in the film and also co-produce it; you may have seen Fassbender in movies like "X-Men: First Class," "Shame," "Haywire," and "Prometheus," and he has fresh roles in the upcoming "Twelve Years a Slave" and "The Counselor." And given that AC has sold over 30 million units since arriving on the scene in 2007, it makes sense to pursue a big-screen adaptation. Here's what Ubisoft Motion Pictures CEO Jean-Julien Baronnet had to say:
"Michael Fassbender was our first choice...Michael (Fassbender) is an extremely smart, talented, versatile and committed actor."
Ubisoft will develop the film independently so as to "maintain greater creative control," so we're hoping the movie remains faithful to the series. Personally, I'd much rather play as a bad-ass assassin but hey, some haven't caught on to the fact that active participation is often vastly superior to passive watching. Besides, the movie could be good.
Tags: assassins creed, assassins creed movie, assassins creed film
7/9/2012 12:02:44 PM Ben Dutka
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frostface
Monday, July 09, 2012 @ 12:58:28 PM
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Comic Shaman
Monday, July 09, 2012 @ 1:36:21 PM
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I think he's a good enough actor to pull that off if they want to go that route. I even think he may be good enough to make Desmond interesting, which is saying something.
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firesoul453
Monday, July 09, 2012 @ 2:37:05 PM
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Assassin's Creed MOVE In The Works
I was like, move game? Sounds cool
but this is good too!
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012 @ 6:15:42 AM
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i really hope this turns out good!
and i mean movie good, not game to movie adoption good!
so many disasters out there, like the movie to game stereotype its about time we banish the game to movie stereotype!
i dont have much hope though, ubisoft still let PoP out which was not doom, but it was not exactly avatar either!
if theres 1 game out there though that should become a movie its R&C!
that would translate really well to a movie!
insomniac has always been chasing pixar quality animation, so i think its about time they started chasing pixar to do a R&C movie!
that would be freaking sweet!
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Monday, July 09, 2012 @ 12:33:01 PM