As with many other computer game franchises, Netflix goes all-in with Assassin’s Creed with multiple projects currently in development for Netflix. Here’s everything we all know thus far about Assassin’s Creed on Netflix and keep it bookmarked as we’ll be keeping this big preview updated over time.
Spanning 11 games, countless books, and even a Hollywood blockbuster, Assassin’s Creed has been at the forefront of popular culture for overflow a decade.
It was back in October 2020 when Netflix officially announced that they’d be teaming up with Ubisoft (the computer game publisher behind the series) for brand spanking new projects within the IP.
Although the announcement didn’t contain an excessive amount of detail, we will check out what we do know so far about Netflix’s efforts thus far.
Netflix has been making big moves in computer game IP over the previous couple of years with an expansive upcoming lineup. They’ve also teamed up with Ubisoft before too with the upcoming Netflix adaptation of Beyond Good & Evil, Splinter Cell and therefore the Division also.
So, with all that said, let’s probe what we all know thus far .
Multiple Assassin’s Creeds projects are in development
We’re expecting Assassin’s Creed to urge an identical treatment on Netflix like The Witcher. That show has the most series, a spin-off, and an animated series within the works too. that sort of treatment was promised within the original announcement with it saying “adaptations of live-action, animated, and anime series” are within the works.
In the original announcement, however, they said that they had yet to urge a showrunner on board. which will have changed because in April 2021 an interview said that the team had “secured a few of talents” for the series but were keen to worry that they’re taking their time on the project.
The live-action series which will spearhead Assassin’s Creed on Netflix is what’s winning with the animated project taking a backseat to permit the studio behind it (more on them during a second) to specialise in their active projects.
Who is attached to the Netflix Assassin’s Creed projects?
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The two names we do have attached to the varied Assassin’s Creed projects so far are executive producers Jason Altman and Danielle Kreinik.
Jason Altman is SVP, Head of Film and tv at Ubisoft but has mostly been within the computer game world for many of his career. He took on his new role in TV in January 2017. He’s served as producer on Mythic Quest and therefore the upcoming Werewolves Within.
Danielle Kreinik has had an extended career in entertainment having worked at Thunderbird Entertainment who developed Some Assembly Required for Netflix and Endgame for Hulu. Since July 2017, she’s worked for Ubisoft as Head of Television Development and worked on Mythic go after Apple TV+.
Who is behind the animated Assassin’s Creed series
Although reportedly on the backburner, for now, we do know the studio behind the animated series. they’re the interior studio at Ubisoft who worked on Raving Rabbids and are currently hard at work on a Far Cry animated series which was announced in October 2019 and believed to be called Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Vibe.
In the aforementioned Eurogamer interview they said:
“Those guys [the animated team] are really that specialize in that [the other projects]. It’s not subsequent project which is arising in their pipeline but it’s still in their hands. It hasn’t been canned.”
We don’t skills long the Far Cry animated series has been in active development nor can we know when it’s set to release meaning that it’s almost impossible to understand when the main target will shift onto Assassin’s Creed.
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In mid-June 2021, Variety revealed that Jeb Stuart would get on board to function both the author and showrunner for the most live-action series.
The 65-year-old writer is probably best known for his work on prevail and Fugitive. He’s also behind Netflix’s new upcoming series, Vikings: Valhalla.
As we’ve mentioned, this isn’t the primary time someone has tried bringing the Assassin’s Creed franchise to the large screen and consistent with those performing on the Netflix projects, big lessons from the 2016 movie directed by Justin Kurzel distributed by 20th Century Fox are learned.
In a wide-ranging interview with Eurogamer in April 2021 (summarized excellently by The Codex), they revealed some key insights from the movie and what they learned with publishing content manager Etienne Bouvier and transmedia director Aymar Azaïzia.
On the movie Azaïzia said:
“We learnt tons from the movie and have a very strong team behind it, and I’m super hopeful and super happy for the format. i feel the TV series format works better to craft an Assassin’s Creed story.”