Back in May, we reported that Ubisoft Motion Pictures announced it was planning to develop 3D films based on a few of their hit video games like Assassins Creed, Ghost Recon and Splinter Cell in the very near future. Five months later it seems that the first adaptation might have found a home for itself.
According to Variety, the filming rights to Assassin’s Creed looks to be heading to Sony Pictures. Sony is in the final negotiations to adapt and distribute the film after landing the rights in an intense bidding war with other production companies. The deal is not set in stone yet but we should hear and official announcement very soon along with their plans for the franchise.
I myself have never actually played any of the Assassin’s Creed games, so I’m not an expert on the story lines or what exactly the game is about but here is a brief synopsis from Wikipedia:
Desmond Miles, a barkeeper who is unknowingly a descendant of a line of Assassins. He is initially kidnapped by the megacorporation Abstergo Industries, the modern-day face of the Knights Templar, and forced to use the “Animus”, a device that allows him to experience his ancestral memories. Abstergo is seeking to discover the location of several artifacts, or “Pieces of Eden”, that hold great power, to control mankind and alter its fate. Desmond is later rescued by a small team of modern-day Assassins, and taken to a secure location where he can secure the artifacts before Abstergo. Within the Animus, Desmond experiences the memories of Altaïr ibn-La’Ahad, an Assassin during the Crusades, and Ezio Auditore da Firenze, an Assassin in Italy during the late 15th and early 16th Centuries, both of whom came into contact with one of the Pieces of Eden, “The Apple”. While following the storyline with Ezio, other Pieces of Eden become known, such as “The Staff”. Throughout these events, Desmond learns of allusions to the prophetic end of the world in 2012 from a former Animus subject, as well as from a holographic figure calling herself Minerva that speaks directly to Desmond through Ezio’s experience. Minerva warns Desmond that only he can stop these events and prevent another catastrophe.
Sony is becoming a big player in the video game market with plans to already develop Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune and inFAMOUS.
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