Immortal
Combat
A beginner’s guide to
Assassin’s Creed
Assassin’s
Creed? Never
heard of it!
Really? It’s Ubisoft’s
biggest-selling
franchise.
“Somebody has got to do
it right once. We figured
the odds are in our favour”
– Michael Fassbender
revealed what attracted
him to this dual role.
“There’s a lot of actionadventure films out there at
the moment. But what was
really unique about this
one was the idea of DNA
memories,” the actor revealed.
“It seems like a very plausible
scientific theory, that we carry
around in us the knowledge of
our ancestors. I thought that
was really something that
would take the audience on
a more immersive journey.”
Ripping up the rulebook
Having watched him rip up
the rulebook on Macbeth,
Fassbender was also keen to
work with Justin Kurzel again.
In an audacious move (even by
Kurzel’s standards), Assassin’s
Creed’s historical scenes will
be entirely in Spanish. “It
really adds an exoticness and
richness to the film,” the
director told GameSpot.
The production is also set
to feature the highest free fall
performed by a stuntman in 35
years – a whopping 38 metres!
“We definitely wanted to go
old school,” explained Kurzel.
So is Fassbender worried
that Assassin’s Creed will free
fall into obscurity, like so many
game-to-film adaps before it?
“Somebody has got to
do it right once,” the actor
laughed. “We figured the odds
are stacked in our favour.”
Franchise?
Yes, the first game
was released in 2007
and since then
there have been eight
more instalments.
Plus, tie-ins, comics
and stuff!
Wow, so what’s
it about then?
Two ancient societies:
the Assassins and the
Knights Templar and
their centuries-old
blood feud.
Who do you
play as?
Altaïr – a senior
member of the
Assassin
Brotherhood.
Is it any good?
Yes! GamePro
described the original
as one of the“finest
gaming experiences
ever created”.
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