In one of the more surprising pieces of news we’ve run across this week, Netflix has announced that a live-action series based on the blockbuster Assassin’s Creed games has been greenlit for development. While short on details about which era of the games will be shown in the series, we do know that the setting will feature a battle between the archrival Templar and Assassin factions.
In addition, we know a few of the project’s leaders. Roberto Patino (DMZ, Westworld, Sons of Anarchy) and David Wiener (Hallo, Homecoming, The Killing) will be the showrunners and executive producers of the series. Ubisoft’s Gerard Guillemot, Margaret Boykin, Austin Dill, and Matt O’Toole will also serve as executive producers.
According to the announcement, the small screen adaptation has been in the works for nearly five years, thanks to an agreement between Netflix and Ubisoft.
What the bigwigs have to say
“We’ve been fans of Assassin’s Creed since its release in 2007. Every day we work on this show, we come away excited and humbled by the possibilities that Assassin’s Creed opens to us,” Wiener and Patino say in a joint statement. “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,” they continue. “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.”
“When we first announced our partnership with Ubisoft in 2020, we set out with an ambitious goal to bring the rich, expansive world of Assassin’s Creed to life in bold new ways,” said Peter Friedlander, Netflix’s Vice President, Scripted Series. “Now, after years of dedicated collaboration, it’s inspiring to see just how far that vision has come. Guided by the deft hands of Roberto Patino and David Wiener, the team has carefully crafted an epic adventure that both honors the legacy of the Assassin’s Creed franchise and invites longtime fans and newcomers alike to experience the thrill of the Brotherhood as never before.”
Check out the full announcement on the Netflix site.
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