Netflix takes a leap of faith on an Assassin's Creed series
Two Emmy nominees will helm the series. Roberto Patino ( DMZ , Westworld , Sons of Anarchy ) and David Wiener ( Halo , Homecoming , The Killing ) will serve as showrunners and executive producers. No casting has been announced yet.
"We've been fans of Assassin's Creed since its release in 2007," Patino and Wiener wrote in a statement. "Every day we work on this show, we come away excited and humbled by the possibilities that Assassin's Creed opens to us."
The pair says the series will focus on "people searching for purpose, struggling with questions of identity and destiny and faith." (But it'll also include plenty of parkour and spectacle.) Above all else, it will be about "human connection across cultures and time."
Netflix hasn't said when the show will premiere. So, we're probably still a ways off.
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