'Assassin's Creed' Live-Action Series Greenlit at Netflix
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Reports that there was an "Assassin's Creed" TV series was in the works at Netflix date as far back as 2020, but now the green light is finally flashing. The Hollywood Reporter announces that the show the show is officially greenlit at the streamer.
Robert Patino and David Wiener serve as creators, showrunners, and executive producers on the series.
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The official logline of the series reads, "'Assassin's Creed' is a high-octane thriller centered on the secret war between two shadowy factions — one set on determining mankind's future through control and manipulation, while the other fights to preserve free will. The series follows its characters across pivotal historical events as they battle to shape humanity's destiny."
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The first "Assassin's Creed" game launched in 2007 and the franchise has proven to be a flagship one for Ubisoft.Including spin-offs there have been dozens of titles in the "Assassin's Creed" series set all over different points in history, with the player taking the roles of samurai, Vikings, pirates, and more.
"We've been fans of Assassin's Creed since its release in 2007," Wiener and Patino said in a joint statement. "Every day we work on this show, we come away excited and humbled by the possibilities that Assassin's Creed opens to us."
"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. 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."
Netflix's series won't be the first live-action adaptation of the game. Michael Fassbender starred in a 2016 "Assassin's Creed" film. While it was critically panned, it made $240 million at the box office.
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