One of the best-selling video game franchises of all time is finally making the leap to live-action TV, and Netflix is pulling out all the stops. After years of development limbo, the long-gestatingAssassin’s Creedseries is officially moving forward at Netflix— and it’s being helmed by some seriously high-profile talent. Emmy-nominated creatorsRoberto Patino(Westworld,DMZ,Sons of Anarchy) andDavid Wiener(Halo,Homecoming,The Killing) are set to co-showrun and executive produce the series, which is being adapted from Ubisoft’s iconic stealth-actionfranchise that began in 2007.
Netflix’s partnership with Ubisoft to adaptAssassin’s Creedwas first announced in 2020, but updates since then have been sporadic at best. Now, nearly five years later, things are finally clicking into place — and the creative team is stacked. Joining Wiener and Patino in the writers' room areClaire Kiechel(The Acolyte),Jaquén Castellanos(The Affair),Sanaz Toossi(A League of Their Own),Emily St. John Mandel(Station Eleven),Sam Reynolds(The Walking Dead: World Beyond),Daniel Goldberg, andTomHemmings.That said, don’t expect the show to hit your screen right away. Any suggested timeline could easily shift given how long it took to assemble the team.
What Is ‘Assassin’s Creed’ About?
According to Netflix’s official logline, the series is “ahigh-octane thrillercentered 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.” Like the games, it promises to follow characters through key historical events as they fight to shapethe fate of humanity. Patino and Wiener released a joint statement that suggests the show will go deeper than just parkour and hidden blades:
“We’ve been fans ofAssassin’s Creedsince its release in 2007. Every day we work on this show, we come away excited and humbled by the possibilities thatAssassin’s Creedopens 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. 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.”
Netflix’s Vice President of Scripted Series,Peter Friedlander, praised the duo’s approach to the show:
“Guided by the deft hands of Roberto Patino and David Wiener, the team has carefully crafted an epic adventure that both honors the legacy of theAssassin’s Creedfranchise and invites longtime fans and newcomers alike to experience the thrill of the Brotherhood as never before.”
Stay tuned to Collider for more updates onAssassin’s Creed.
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