assassin's creed Archives

Fox Plays Musical Chairs With Its Movie Dates And Deadpool Gets A Seat
According to Deadline, first they moved the film adaptation of Assassin's Creed from it's original August 7, 2015 date to some point in 2016 The film has Michael Fassbender attached to star with Justin Kurzel directing. Then they moved the Fantastic Four from it's original June 19, 2015 date to the now vacated August 7, 2015[...]
Assassin's Creed Experience Parkour Course At San Diego Comic Con Through Google Glass
Marq Romero writes, Attending panels in Hall H is cool and all, but nothing beats getting off your butt and actually being in the action and that is exactly what Ubisoft has done with their SDCC offsite event, the Assassin's Creed Experience  It is described by Ubisoft as "a massive parkour obstacle course" that includes rolling, vaulting and[...]
First Person Boredom – Sick Of Multiplayer Shooters?
They see Activision announce another record breaking quarter, in no small part to their golden first person goose.  Publishers like 2K, EA, and UbiSoft all salivate like Pavlov's dog waiting to get their hands on that sweet, sweet Call of Duty money.   They see the gobs of money Activision make and decide that Mass Effect needs a multiplayer shooter included, that Assassin's[...]
What Do You Think When You Hear The Name Machiavelli?
Full of wonderful period details of Renaissance setting and costume, the graphic novel runs about 160 pages and is drawn in pen and ink with watercolor washes. What do you think about when you hear the name Machiavelli? Do you think of the Borgias, Assassin's Creed, or Tupac Shakur? Maybe more likely, you think about a figure[...]
Justin Kurzel In Talks To Direct Michael Fassbender In Assassin's Creed
That may be about to change as Deadline reports he's in talks to direct the Assassin's Creed movie. This has Michael Fassbender attached to star as Desmond Miles, the protagonist forced to relive his ancestors' bloody historical battles Kurzel and Fassbender just finished shooting a new version of Macbeth together, so obviously Kurzel's star had a[...]
Michael Fassbender's Assassin's Creed Movie Getting Rewrite From Exodus Scribes
Deadline reports Adam Cooper and Bill Collage are the newest writers to take a crack at the long-gestating big screen adaptation of Assassin's Creed The duo most recently wrote Ridley Scott's Exodus: Gods and Kings. Michael Fassbender has long been attached to produce and star, presumably in the lead role of Desmond Miles, who is forced[...]
Tuesday Runaround – The Origin Of Assassin's Creed In Steven Grant's X
Grant's mashup of sinister technology and ancient Hashashin later became a massive success when Assassin's Creed took this concept and ran with it in 2007;  the phrase "Nothing is True, Everything is Permitted" famously became the "Creed" referenced in the title of the franchise, and some of Grant's new sci-fi plot devices became pillars[...]
Will The Assasin's Creed, Watch Dogs And Far Cry Films Build A Marvel-Style Universe?
And I think we can now add Ubisoft Motion Pictures to the list of storytellers looking to weave an interplay between their tales, much as Marvel have been doing. In the following interview from E3, Ubisoft's Ash Ismail promises tie-ups between the Watch Dogs and Assassin's Creed games Talk turns towards that topic at 4:02, and I've transcribed[...]
Michael Fassbender To Star In And Co-Produce Assassin's Creed: The Movie
There's still quite a wait between now and the October release of Assassin's Creed III, so while us Brits debate whether or not there's something unpatriotic about whacking Redcoats in the face with a tomahawk, here's some news regarding the move of the franchise to the big screen. Actor Michael Fassbender and creative partner Conor McCaughan[...]