Assassins Creed Film Confirmed
So this rumour has been doing the rounds for a long time now and a certain stars name has also been thrown around quite a lot in connection with it. Well we can finally confirm that in a press release on Monday 22nd Oct 2012 it was confirmed that Ubisoft and New Regency have partnered to do the Assassins Creed film.
PRESS RELEASE
UBISOFT® AND NEW REGENCY PARTNER ON ASSASSIN’S CREED® FILM
Deal Builds on Attachment of Michael Fassbender
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Ubisoft Motion Pictures, the film and television division of Ubisoft, will develop the Assassin’s Creed film in close collaboration with New Regency. The development of a screenplay is beginning immediately and the project is being fast tracked as the creative pieces come together, while allowing Ubisoft to maintain control of key elements of the movie’s creative direction. Financial terms of the deal are not being disclosed.
“Ubisoft chose to partner with New Regency because they are a talent- and filmmaker-driven company, with the same independent and creative mindset that we have at Ubisoft Motion Pictures,” said Jean-Julien Baronnet, chief executive officer, Ubisoft Motion Pictures. “Bringing aboard New Regency’s renowned production and distribution expertise while maintaining our own creative and financial flexibility ensures that Assassin’s Creed will be a high-quality film that respects the lore and fans of the video game franchise.”
The partnership with New Regency comes hot on the heels of Ubisoft Motion Pictures attaching distinguished actor Michael Fassbender to the Assassin’s Creed film.
“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,” said Brad Weston, president and chief executive officer, New Regency. "Having just finished working with Michael on Steve McQueen’s 12 Years A Slave (with Plan B) made the partnership even more irresistible."
Ubisoft Motion Pictures was created in January 2011 to expand the audience of Ubisoft’s successful video game brands by bringing them to film, television and Web series.
In addition to the Assassin’s Creed movie, the studio also is in production on the Rabbids TV series, a collection of 78 seven-minute CGI episodes based on the insane, hilarious and silly stars of the video game franchise of the same name, in partnership with France Televisions and Nickelodeon. Ubisoft Motion Pictures also has two additional feature-length films in development based on the Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell and Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon video game franchises.
Not just Assassins Creed then we also have Splinter Cell and Ghost Recon to look forward to. I for one cannot wait to see how this all pans out and until then hopefully Assassins Creed III keep me busy fighting the American revolution.
Let us know what you think and who you would want if not Michael Fassbender in the Assassins creed film, just a quick shout before anyone else I'd quite like to see Jeremy Renner as Sam Fisher but maybe I'm completely off the mark leave a comment and let me know.
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