Assassins Creed live-action collection greenlit by Netflix

After years in growth, Netflix’s long-awaited live-action adaptation of Assassin’s Creed is formally a go. The streaming platform confirmed that the collection, based mostly on Ubisoft’s blockbuster online game franchise, has obtained a proper collection order.

Roberto Patino (Westworld, DMZ) and David Wiener (Halo, Brave New World) will function co-creators, showrunners, and government producers on the collection, which marks the primary live-action entry beneath the continued partnership between Netflix and Ubisoft.

“Every day we work on this present, we come away excited and humbled by the chances that Assassin’s Creed opens to us,” the duo stated in a joint assertion, describing the collection as one which explores “energy, violence, religion, future — and above all, human connection.”

The official logline for the present describes it as centering on a hidden warfare between two factions — one in search of to regulate humanity’s future, and one other decided to guard free will. The story will unfold throughout numerous historic eras, conserving with the sport’s time-jumping legacy.

Assassin’s Creed made its gaming debut in 2007 and has since bought over 230 million copies worldwide, changing into considered one of Ubisoft’s most precious franchises. The newest installment, Assassin’s Creed: Shadows, launched in 2025. A movie model starring Michael Fassbender was launched in 2016.

Netflix and Ubisoft have beforehand collaborated on animated initiatives, together with Rabbids Invasion and the upcoming Splinter Cell: Deathwatch. The Assassin’s Creed collection marks their largest live-action enterprise so far.