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Assassin's Creed Movie Gets New Production Partner

Posted on Monday, October 22 @ 17:38:43 Eastern by

Leave it eveveryone's favorite French publisher to bring Hollywood up at a time like this. Video game movies are suffering from the economic downturn just like everyone else! LAY OFF.

Ubisoft is hoping to turn that around by intensifying prouction of their Assassin's Creed movie project to keep up with its scheduled 2014 release date. While the film has no director, Michael Fassbender and his special brand of full-frontal nudity are on board, whether you want a naked Assassin or not.

What's more, Variety reports that New Regency has joined the project to bring the film to life:

Although financial terms were not disclosed, New Regency will finance part of the pic's production -- participation Ubisoft was seeking so it doesn't have to shoulder much of the risk as it ventures into filmmaking.

"We want to be sure that we're not taking too much of a risk but that we're still very involved on the creative side," Ubisoft Motion Pictures CEO Jean-Julien Baronnet said.

While many game-to-film adaptations are strictly licensing pacts, with the gamemaker having little say in how the film is developed, Ubisoft is taking a more hands-on approach with "Assassin's Creed."

And why not? Assassin's Creed obviously makes a lot of money for Ubisoft on a regular basis, with Assassin's Creed III being among the top titles this year. In fact, I'd like to see more IP holders in the video game industry take a more active role in the development of their characters and universes in other media.

In addition to preserving elements of the game that make up its DNA, like the design of its characters and historical elements, it hopes to tie in the release of a film with a new launch.

"We don't want to make games just for the sake of movies," Baronnet said. "We want to make them in concert with the games."

Let's just hope that the philosophy has changed since James Cameron's Avatar. Yeesh! If you're just joining us, be sure to check out the Lineage project Ubisoft used to test the movie-making waters above.
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  • Alex_Osborn
    Alex_Osborn

    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Oct 22nd, 2012 at 6:05 pm
    Can't say I'm all too excited for this. Never saw Prince of Persia, but from what I've heard it wasn't anything special.
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff

    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Oct 22nd, 2012 at 7:14 pm
    I haven't either, but wasn't that a big Disney production?
  • gunseedam
    gunseedam

    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Oct 22nd, 2012 at 7:40 pm
    It was ok not that good of a movie, and yep it was a Disney/Bruckheimer combination like pirates of the Caribbean in the desert
  • Alex_Osborn
    Alex_Osborn

    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Oct 23rd, 2012 at 7:52 am
    Oh right. Forgot about that.
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff

    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Oct 23rd, 2012 at 11:01 am
    Either way, it doesn't bode well. No video game movie has a bright future ahead of it.
  • gunseedam
    gunseedam

    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Oct 22nd, 2012 at 6:55 pm
    I want this to be good but we'll have to wait and see. What's the whole Fassbender nudity thing by the way?
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff

    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Oct 22nd, 2012 at 7:14 pm
    That guys is always showing off his junk in his movies.
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff

    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Oct 22nd, 2012 at 7:14 pm
    "That guys is..."

    Goddamit I'm stupid.
  • wildmario
    wildmario

    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Oct 22nd, 2012 at 9:21 pm
    Yes, yes you are
  • slothrock
    slothrock

    Joined: Oct 2012
    Posted: Oct 23rd, 2012 at 8:21 am
    I think I speak for many when I say I've given up on game based movies.
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff

    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Oct 23rd, 2012 at 11:01 am
    You would be correct in that.

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