Overview

• Netflix has officially approved and begun production of a live-action Assassin’s Creed series five years after first announcing its partnership with Ubisoft
• Roberto Patino and David Wiener will serve as co-showrunners and executive producers, drawing on their work on Westworld and Halo respectively
• Netflix describes the show as a high-voltage thriller that follows two shadowy factions battling to control or preserve humanity’s free will
• The Assassin’s Creed franchise has sold over 230 million copies across 14 titles since 2007, establishing it as one of Ubisoft’s top intellectual properties
• No cast or premiere date has been revealed yet as the series joins Netflix’s slate of game-based adaptations including Castlevania, Arcane and Cyberpunk: Edgerunners