Netflix’s upcoming ‘Assassin’s Creed’ live-action series has expanded its cast, with Noomi Rapace (Lamb, Prometheus), Ramzy Bedia (Of Money and Blood, Haunted Minds), Sean Harris (Mission: Impossible, The Stranger), and Corrado Invernizzi (Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Ford v Ferrari) all joining in recurring roles.
The new additions join the previously announced cast of Lola Petticrew, Toby Wallace, Zachary Hart, Laura Marcus, and Tanzyn Crawford, as Netflix continues to build out its take on Ubisoft’s hugely successful video game franchise. Specific character details for the new cast have not yet been revealed.
For anyone who missed the original announcement, ‘Assassin’s Creed’ is being described as a high-octane thriller centred on the secret war between two shadowy factions. One seeks to shape mankind’s future through control and manipulation, while the other fights to preserve free will. The series will follow its characters across pivotal moments in history as they battle to influence humanity’s destiny. So yes, exactly the sort of globe-spanning, time-hopping, stabby conspiracy chaos you’d want from an ‘Assassin’s Creed’ adaptation.
The series comes from showrunners and executive producers Roberto Patino and David Wiener, whose previous credits include DMZ, Westworld, Sons of Anarchy, Halo, Homecoming, and The Killing. Executive producers also include Gerard Guillemot, Margaret Boykin, Austin Dill for Ubisoft Film & Television, alongside Matt O’Toole.
This is the first series to emerge from Netflix’s long-running agreement with Ubisoft, which was first announced back in 2020. After a fairly lengthy development process, the project was officially greenlit last year, marking a major step forward for a franchise that has spent years looking like it should have been on screen more often than it actually has.
Originally launched in 2007, the ‘Assassin’s Creed’ franchise has sold more than 230 million units worldwide, making it one of the best-selling video game series in history. Across its many games and spin-offs, it has blended historical settings with sci-fi mythology, following the ongoing battle between the Assassins and the Templars through ancestral memories relived via the Animus.
There was, of course, the 2016 feature film starring Michael Fassbender, which never quite managed to become the definitive screen version fans were hoping for. The TV format feels like a much better fit for a world this dense, weird, and sprawling, especially when the whole appeal is jumping between eras, ideologies, and hidden blades at speed.
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