17-07-2025
Assassin's Creed fans rejoice: Series based on game greenlit by Netflix
A live action series based on the Assassin's Creed video games has been greenlit by Netflix.
The streaming giant announced that a series based on the game series, which follows a millennia long struggle between the Order of Assassins and the Knights Templar.
And after 18 years, 13 mainline games, and a film adaptation starring Michael Fassbender in 2016, it's now time for a limited series. A live action series based on the Assassin's Creed video games has been greenlit by Netflix. Pic: Ubisoft
Netflix say in their official logline that the series will be a thriller, and will follow 'a 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 will be produced by Robert Patino and David Wiener, the latter of whom has experience in video game to series adaptations as he worked on Halo, with other executive producers including Margaret Boykin, Gerard Guillemont, and Ubisoft Film and Television's Austin Dill and Matt O'Toole.
Netflix signed a deal with Ubisoft, who develop the games, back in 2020, with the deal including multiple projects for the streaming service; including an anime series, animated series and the aforementioned live action series. The game has been adapted several times since its first release in 2007, including a live action film starring Michael Fassbender. Pic: REX
'We've been fans of Assassin's Creed since its release in 2007,' Robert and David 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,' they. continued. The series has seen over 13 games and several adaptations over the years. Pic: KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images
'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.'
