The idea for a Assassins Creed film, starring
Michael Fassbender has been in development for quite some time, but recently
news came to our hears that it could finally go into production.
Recently 20th Century Fox made a
deal with Regency Pictures to distribute the film adaptation of the eternal
fight between Assassins and Templars over the control and survival of the
planet. Both parties (Fox and Regency) announced that the film will be released
on May 22nd of 2015.
“After securing Michael Fassbender to play
the hooded hero in the bigscreen version of “Assassin’s Creed,” Ubisoft has set
up the film adaptation of its biggest franchise at New Regency and Fox.
The
French gamemaker will work closely to develop and co-produce the pic with New
Regency, while Fox will distrib the film.
Fassbender’s
involvement helped open the doors to both companies through his roles in the
reboot of the “X-Men” franchise, “Prometheus,” “Shame” and “12 Years a Slave.”
Ubisoft inked a deal with Fassbender to star and co-produce “Assassin’s Creed”
this summer (Daily Variety, July 9).
New
Regency president and CEO Brad Weston said working with Fassbender on Steve
McQueen’s “12 Years a Slave” made the partnership on “Assassin’s Creed” “more
irresistible.” “We wanted to do everything we could to secure the rights to
‘Assassin’s Creed,’ which Ubisoft has maintained with such care and quality
over the years,” he said.
Ubisoft
hopes to have the “Assassin’s Creed” pic packaged, with a helmer, cast and script,
by next summer, according to Jean-Julien Baronnet, CEO of Ubisoft Motion
Pictures.
Plot
revolves around a man who learns his ancestors were trained assassins after he
is kidnapped by a secret org with ties to the Knights Templar and sent back in
time to retrieve historical artifacts.
Although
financial terms were not disclosed, New Regency will finance part of the pic’s
production — participation Ubisoft was seeking so it doesn’t have to shoulder
much of the risk as it ventures into filmmaking.
“We want
to be sure that we’re not taking too much of a risk but that we’re still very
involved on the creative side,” Baronnet said."
Via Variety
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