'Assassin's Creed' Movie News, Cast Rumors: Marion Cotillard Joining Michael Fassbender
Oscar award-winning actress Marion Cotillard has officially signed on to join Michael Fassbender in the upcoming live-action adaptation of "Assassin's Creed," which is based on the popular game developed by Ubisoft. Both actors previously worked together in a new movie adaptation of Shakespeare's "MacBeth." Director Justin Kurzel, who directed "MacBeth," will also direct "Assassin's Creed."
The movie adaptation of the popular game is now officially in production, after Ubisoft's co-producer New Regency has "given the green light," according to a report on Wired. The report also announced that the film will be released in Dec. 21, 2016, which will be exactly one week after the release of the first "Star Wars" spin-off movies.
While Fassbender will be playing the film's lead character, it is not yet known what role Cotillard will play, as the film's storyline according to another report on Screen Rant, is "being kept under wraps for now." Ubisoft and New Regency hope that the first film will be successful enough for it to become a series of films or sequels, as Fassbender's and Cotillard's characters are "intended to span several films."
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Cotillard is known for her Oscar-winning role as Edith Piaf in "La Vie en Rose," as well as her action role in "The Dark Knight Rises." Michael Fassbender played a young Magneto in "X-Men: First Class," and is also known for his roles in "12 Years a Slave" and "Shame."
According to the Screen Rant report, the film will be a new story based on "the universe outlined in the games," central to which is an age-old conflict between the Assassin Brotherhood and the Templar Order as well as a device called the Animus "which enables people to relive the memories of their ancestors."
Ubisoft, the French video games publisher, founded Ubisoft Motion Pictures in January 2011 in order for the company to maintain creative control of film and TV adaptations of their game franchises, according to a 2011 Variety report.
