Assassin's Creed Movie

This is probably old news for the more hardcore Assassin's Creed fans, but Ubisoft decided to make a full-length Assassin's Creed movie, with Michael Fassbender (of X-Men: First Class and Prometheus) as "the franchise's iconic hooded hero".  While this news definitely gets me excited, it also comes with some apprehension: I mean, how many video game-related movies have you seen recently that stayed true to (and had the success that) the original game had? Ubisoft knows this (and has been burned in the past -- remember how Disney murdered Prince of Persia?) and will be making the movie -- not with Sony Pictures, after negotiations fell through -- but with the newly founded Ubisoft Motion Pictures, and will be produced by Fassbender's own DMC Films.

It gives me hope that this movie will stay true to the game and that it'll bring fans the same enjoyment. It won't be the first time Ubisoft has dabbled in some film making; they made Assassin's Creed: Lineage a while ago, and while the mini series did leave a bit of an overly green screened aftertaste, they were surprisingly well done.

I suppose, in the end, we'll just have to sit put and wait to see what will happen with this whole movie thing. It's reassuring that Ubisoft refused to partner with Sony Pictures in order to maintain creative control; if the movie actually ends up in theaters, you can count me in. Until then, we can distract ourselves with the soon-to-be released Assassin's Creed III.

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