Sony Pictures is in final discussions to produce an adaptation of the Assassin’s Creed video game, according to Variety. However, whereas in the old days studios used to just buy rights and be able to do whatever they wanted with them, in this case Ubisoft is keeping some control as last May the set up a company specifically to oversee development of movies based on their properties, such as Assassin’s Creed, Splinter Cell, and Ghost Recon.
The hope is that with the original creators involved, they’ll be able to something better than Hollywood has generally managed on its own with videogame adaptations. Some game companies have felt film versions have actually hurt their franchises, so they’re now much keener to stay involved.
Assassin’s Creed centres on a bartender named Desmond Miles, who is kidnapped by Abstergo Industries and forced to travel back through time for secret missions. He must recover ancient artifacts from his ancestors, after learning that he comes from a long line of assassins.
Over 30 million copies of the various Assassin’s Creed games have been sold since the franchise first debuted in 2007, so it’s definitely popular, it’s just whether they can create a script that actually works for it. No writer or director is attached to Assassin’s Creed yet.
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