Fassbender to take on Altaïr in Assassin’s Creed movie

CB Droege 11 Jul, 2012 at 2:16pm ET Article published in Gaming

Ubisoft Motion Pictures, the new film-making branch of the grand video game studio, has announced its first major motion picture project, Assassin’s Creed.

Many will be very excited by this news. Assassin’s Creed is one of the best examples of great storytelling in video game history. The world that the writers created for this game is storied and compelling, revealing an alternate history filled with conspiracies, and a series of gameplay mechanics and sequences which are clever and moving. Seeing the story moved onto the silver screen will be very interesting.

In addition to the news of the film itself, we’re finding out that the studio will not be skimping on talent. They have yet to find a director, or even a script writer yet, but they have signed on Michael Fassbender, one of the most talented and sought-after actors on the genre scene right now. His most recent role was in the Ridley Scott sci-fi terror adventure Prometheus, and though the film was terrible, his performance as the android with the ulterior motive was stellar. He also recently played well the part of young Magneto in X-Men: First Class, and before that, one of the de-shirted warriors in 300. In addition to his upcoming role in Assassin’s Creed, Fassbender is lined up for the lead in the legal thriller The Counselor, and to reprise his X-Men role in the as yet untitled X-Men: First Class sequel, which will begin production a bit late—moved from fall 2012 to spring 2013—to accommodate co-star Jennifer Lawrence’s contract to star in the second Hunger Games film.

“Michael Fassbender was our first choice to play the franchise’s iconic hooded hero. Michael is an extremely smart, talented, versatile and committed actor,” said Jean-Julien Baronnet, CEO of Ubisoft Motion Pictures, in a press release.

All we know about the plot of the new Assassin’s Creed film so far is that it will cover the events of the first game, and that Altaïr will be the protagonist. Fassbender will be playing Altaïr and Desmond. If the film is successful, there is a lot of room for sequels, and at least two more roles for Fassbender to play. Fassbender has also signed on to co-produce the potentially huge franchise of films.

No production or release dates have yet been announced for Assassin’s Creed, but if I’d say a good guess would be for primary photography to begin in the fall of 2013, after Fassbender is done with X-Men, and a theatrical release in the blockbuster season of 2015.

Comments

11 Jul 2012 ~ 4:44pm primesuspect Might this... actually... be good?
11 Jul 2012 ~ 4:49pm Soda omg, please be good, please be good, please be good...

So much potential for jaw dropping nerd rocking awesomeness.
11 Jul 2012 ~ 4:51pm CB A video game company handling the adaptation of its own property. It's never been done before. I hope it succeeds.

The opposite has worked for lots of great Star Wars games.
11 Jul 2012 ~ 4:53pm Soda Also some terrible ones though =P.
11 Jul 2012 ~ 11:45pm NiGHTS Marvel's done quiet well with their IP, too. Hope this turns out well - very much a fan of the series.
12 Jul 2012 ~ 7:48am mertesn
A video game company handling the adaptation of its own property. It's never been done before. I hope it succeeds.
This is Ubisoft we're talking about. They'll have ushers posted in each theater showing the movie. Every thirty seconds, the film will stop, the lights will come up, and every patron will be required to show their ticket.
12 Jul 2012 ~ 10:24am Soda Hahahaha. I lawled.
12 Jul 2012 ~ 10:27am CB I know you're joking, but it makes me realize that I didn't mention in the article that Ubisoft will only be producing the movie, not distributing it. They've partnered with Sony Pictures to handle that end, so any DRM would be their responsibility.
12 Jul 2012 ~ 11:14am Snarkasm So pumped.
12 Jul 2012 ~ 11:48am mertesn
I know you're joking, but it makes me realize that I didn't mention in the article that Ubisoft will only be producing the movie, not distributing it. They've partnered with Sony Pictures to handle that end, so any DRM would be their responsibility.
In that case, we'll all get to the theaters and have to sit for six hours while the projector gets an update. A small percentage of projectors will be inexplicably bricked during this time.
12 Jul 2012 ~ 4:06pm Soda xD. Mertesn, you're killin' me man. On a side note: http://onion.com/aYw02w
12 Jul 2012 ~ 5:17pm Tushon
xD. Mertesn, you're killin' me man. On a side note: http://onion.com/aYw02w
I was cracking up at my office. You are bad ... good man
12 Jul 2012 ~ 11:43pm GnomeQueen I'm sexually excited for this, for real. OH MAN.
13 Jul 2012 ~ 12:06am Teramona This man was half of the reason I went to see Xmen First Class. The other half was James Mcavoy.
13 Jul 2012 ~ 12:08am GnomeQueen
This man was half of the reason I went to see Xmen First Class. The other half was James Mcavoy.
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