It seems like Netflix’s live-action Assassin’s Creed series is finally moving forward.
It was first teased that a live-action show based on the series was in the works almost five years ago, but no further details were revealed at the time, and before that, there were talks of an animated series from Adi Shankar.
Since then, things have been pretty quiet on that front, aside from news coming out in 2023 that Jeb Stuart was no longer working as showrunner on the series, leaving it in limbo.
Now (reported by Variety), the series has been officially greenlit and is finally going ahead with production, this time with Westworld’s Roberto Patino and the Halo TV series’ David Wiener at the head as creators, showrunners, and executive producers.
Taking Another Shot At Live-Action
“We’ve been fans of ‘Assassin’s Creed’ since its release in 2007,” said Patino and Wiener. “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.”
Aside from Patino and Wiener, we also know that Watchmen’s Claire Kiechel and The Affair’s Jaquén...
