Live action Assassin's Creed TV show greenlit at Netflix

Netflix has ordered a live action adaptation of Ubisoft's best-selling Assassin's Creed video games franchise.

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A new Assassin's Creed show is on the way from Netflix, with Westworld executive producer Roberto Patino and Halo producer David Wiener joining together to create and produce the project.

"Netflix has officially greenlit the live-action Assassin's Creed series," Ubisoft announced. "In 2020, Ubisoft and Netflix announced they entered into an agreement to develop content based on the globally popular Assassin's Creed video game franchise. This live-action adaptation is the first series to be developed under the agreement."

In a joint statement, showrunners Roberto Patino and David Wiener tell fans that they are deeply invested in the series, and also outline the core themes of the show itself:

"We've been fans of Assassin's Creed since its release in 2007. Every day we work on this show, we come away excited and humbled by the possibilities that Assassin's Creed opens 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.

"It is about power and violence and sex and greed and vengeance. But 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.

"We've got an amazing team behind us with the folks at Ubisoft and our champions at Netflix, and we're committed to creating something undeniable for fans all over the planet."

The Assassin's Creed project is being made in conjunction with Ubisoft's Film & Television multimedia arm.

The press release also offers more tidbits about the show:

"The Assassin's Creed live-action series is a high-octane thriller centered on the secret war between two shadowy factions: one set on determining mankind's future through control and manipulation, the other fighting to preserve free will. The series follows characters across pivotal historical events as they battle to shape humanity's destiny."