Michael Fassbender brings Assassin's Creed to DMC Film
DMC Film partner Conor McCaughan will also serve as a co-producer on this sci-fi action adventure revolving around a bartender who learns that his ancestors were trained assassins. He is kidnapped by a group tied to the secret society Knights Templar, and is forced to travel through time collecting various historical artifacts to be used for a higher purpose.
Assassin's Creed is the most high profile project currently with Michael Fassbender's DMC Film. This big screen adaptation was originally set up through Sony Pictures, but the project was put on hold by Ubisoft. It may still be distributed by Sony when it is completed, with a projected release date of 2014.
The Assassin's Creed video game franchise has moved over 30 million units for Ubisoft since its 2007 debut. The next installment of the game, its third, is expected to hit stores this October. It will take place during the American Revolution. The first two games carried through the Crusades and the Renaissance era. It is not yet known which chapter of this saga will kick off the theatrical franchise, if all three time periods will be visited, or if Assassin's Creed will head to new, uncharted points of time in our human history.
Assassin's Creed comes to theaters in 2014 and stars Michael Fassbender.
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Mutant
Guys I recently found out who's attached to direct this film it's Jacob Drenick.
10 months agoby @zenderFlag
Rudy
@zender I know u were that's why i said "lulz".
10 months agoby @rudyFlag
Justice Kowaleski
@christopher Lino i know it would never happen but A fan boy can dream :D just imagine it we would prbally have Joseph Gordon Levit as Desmond A blonde Ellen Page as Lucy and Mr Fassbender as Warren Vidic that would be incredible
10 months agoby @justice-kowaleskiFlag
Michael Rockwell
God please no Chris Nolan directing...because of the Nolan Batman fans, I ended up not loving the trilogy anymore and most of Batman. The Arkham Games got me liking him again. Plus I don't think the AC style is something Nolan can do.
10 months agoby @Michael-RockwellFlag
Christopher Lino
@justice-kowaleski - A Christopher Nolan "Assassin's Creed" would be amazing - but Warner Bros is never gonna let him go not after all the success they've been having.
10 months agoby @christopher-linoFlag
Bryan Yentz
@zanyzap,
Hahaha... Now that would be an interesting choice to direct this...
10 months agoby @bryanyentzFlag
Sabreen Rezvie
He has a good reputation, im sure the movie will be a great hit. Unless they hire a dumbass director.
10 months agoby @Sabreen-RezvieFlag
Mutant
Zack Snyder would be a good choice for a Prince of Persia film and a stunt man that knows parkour would be better in the long run.
@rudy I was only joking man. I've got to get a few more short films to do before attempting something big like this
10 months agoby @zenderFlag
Brizzy
Sounds really good. This man only makes good films and has no intention of destroying this franchise and making himself a less thought-of actor. This can only end well.
10 months agoby @BrizzyFlag
skywise
Good news. One of my favorite game franchises.
10 months agoby @skywiseFlag
kiion
Cannot think of anyone better to hear this new involving. Interesting games should make for interesting film
10 months agoby @kiionFlag
Justice Kowaleski
How about a bad ass Chris Nolan Assassins Creed series tell me that wouldn't be huge
10 months agoby @justice-kowaleskiFlag
the Narrator
Haha, @zanyzap. Whether you're joking or not, I'd give that film a watch.
Seriously though, I could see someone like Zack Snyder directing the film. Slow-motion throughout the game, it's an adaptation with a clear-cut plot, and it has his "fight in the shade" actor attached. :P
10 months agoby @narratorFlag
ZanyZap
@bryanyentz Get the hell outta here! But seriously, give it to Steve McQueen. Yep. I said it.
10 months agoby @zanyzapFlag
Justice Kowaleski
@dan lulz. if Uwe Boll directed this movie Assassins Creed games would lose so much money
10 months agoby @justice-kowaleskiFlag
Dan
@bryanyentz I don't think Fassbender would work with Uwe Boll. If there really is a God, he wouldn't.
10 months agoby @dan1Flag
SherlockHolmes2009
Great choice for the lead, hopefully th director will be good
10 months agoby @SherlockHolmes2009Flag
ChiRep_1
For some reason I can't picture this being anything other than a slow motion-fest piled on with some decent cgi
10 months agoby @ChiRep-1Flag
Rudy
@zender lulz.
10 months agoby @rudyFlag
Rudy
I just hope it doesn't turn out like Prince of Persia. And put in their own female character for Desmond to fall in love with. Lucy is enough.
10 months agoby @rudyFlag
Bryan Yentz
... Will be directed by Uwe Boll... Just wait...
10 months agoby @bryanyentzFlag
Nicholaus XX
@bawnian-dexeus -- Definitely.
10 months agoby @XxNickTheFilmCriticXxFlag
Bawnian©-Dexeus
@XxNickTheFilmCriticXx And the writers. Far as I'm concerned, the director in question just has to match what the video games have already done, with a touch of originality at a bigger scale
10 months agoby @bawnian-dexeusFlag
Mutant
They need a director that actually plays the games and understands what we need to see, I nominate myself.
10 months agoby @zenderFlag
Nicholaus XX
I really like the video game(s), but I have a bad feeling about this. It really depends on the director, at this point.
10 months agoby @XxNickTheFilmCriticXxFlag
thedude-abides
Depends on the director. With Fassie attached, hopefully this project will attract some attention. In any event, I like him in the role.
10 months agoby @thedude-abidesFlag
Pjwolsker
@ROFLitschristian yeah I can't tell if this is a good or bad thing yet. Yes, Fassbender is going to star in the movie and he's awesome but video game movies usually don't do very good.
10 months agoby @pjwolskerFlag
ROFLitschristian
@pjwolsker My thoughts exactly. You can't go wrong with Michael Fassbender (well except Jonah Hex) but this is Assassin's Creed. :| I'm conflicted.
10 months agoby @ROFLitschristianFlag
Jake Brown
did not see this coming, im definitely giving this a look, but video game adaps havent went down well (doom comes to mind)
10 months agoby @Jake-BrownFlag
the MovieGhost
I'm happy that we'll get to see Mr. Fassbender in such a great project, but I'm worried about that ever-present issue of video games transferring into Movies.
10 months agoby @the-movieghostFlag