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Writer Assigned To Assassin's Creed Movie

A writer has been assigned to adapt the Assassin's Creed franchise to the screen, with more vacancies still to be filled.

The Hollywood Reporter says that playwright and up-and-coming writer Michael Lesslie will pen the movie, which will star Micheal Fassbender.

Ubisoft and New Regency are still looking for a director and more producers.

[via Gamespot]

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  • Interesting... I have long awaited a good gamer movie. That DBZ was a complete failure.
  • Interesting... I have long awaited a good gamer movie. That DBZ was a complete failure.

  • I think the movie will be good as the game
  • I think we're in good hands with the writer. It will be his first full movie but the few shorts he has done seem interesting. The real problem is who guides him, mainly Hollywood. I'm very doubtful that Hollywood will give him the space he needs to make his mistakes writing the script and learn from them as they will probably try and control him. Fingers crossed that this guy can hold his own and make a good script.
  • this idea just needs to touch a shiny ball and die. Just end it in the worst way possible. Build up everything for an extended amount of time, and have no payoff whatsoever. There should be no choice in the matter either. It should leave you feeling dissatisfied and disappointed, knowing they chose to end it in the worst way possible.
  • Please don't suck!

  • Micheal Fassbender is a good choise as an assassin. Just please hollywood for all that is good on this earth DONT *** UP ASSASSINS CREED WITH NONSENSE PLEASSSSEEEEEE!!!!!!
  • Ubisoft has full creative control guys. I am sure the movie will be fine, but you need to understand its a movie. To remake the video game screen for screen would be a waste of time. I believe it will be faithful to the series, but I do not think it will be based off of any characters in the games so far.
  • If Ubisoft can get this thing going and make it really good, all while keeping a hands-on approach, maybe it will start a new trend throughout Hollywood in association with video game movies. Here's hoping.

  • I still doubt this will ever see the light of day.

  • What had this person done prior to this
  • Please do justice to this franchise. I really don't mind video games being turned into movies, I just would like to see a lot of work go into them like the typical blockbusters.

    A well-done Assassin's Creed movie has great potential.

  • It's a video game movie.  It's going to suck.

  • I enjoy this series too much to be exited about this

  • Well, one can only hope it doesn't prove terrible.

  • At least it isn't Uwe Boll.

  • Hahah this could be good...or bad. Remember that Dragon Ball Z movie? Yeahhhhhh.... That was so bad. I walked out the movie theater and demanded a refund. When it came on tv, I also changed the channel as quickly as I could. That movie was just..... Anyway, I hope this AC movie doesn't do bad.
  • A playwright?. . . Well, it could either give it quite the poetic touch, or it could make it into a Broadway show. Fingers crossed anyway.

  • Hopefully they snag a good director for this movie. If done right I can see this becoming a big hit!

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