After a regrettable film adaptation in 2016 with Michaël Fassbender, Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed video game saga is attempting redemption this time with a Netflix series, whose filming has just wrapped up.
Roman struggles
While the games have visited various continents and eras, this adaptation attempts an original approach by taking place in Rome, in the year 64. If the setting had already been used in the early installments, it was not in the same era. Players will no doubt be delighted (or not?) to discover new characters and events there. According to Netflix, the series will focus on the secret war between two “shadow factions”, that is, if the games are respected, the Order of the Templars and the Brotherhood of Assassins, unfolding through “major historical events”. For the rest, not much is known about the plot.
No star lead for the Netflix Assassin’s Creed series
The cast includes Lola Petticrew (Say Nothing), Toby Wallace (Euphoria), Zachary Hart (Black Doves), Laura Marcus (Bad Education), Tanzyn Crawford (A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms), Nabhaan Rizwan (KAOS) and Claes Bang (The Square).
No release date has yet been announced for Netflix’s Assassin’s Creed series, but one can bet on the second half of 2027.