With a planned August 7th, 2015 release date, things have to start coming together soon for Fox’s released of Assassin’s Creed. We’ve had Michael Fassbender come on previously to start and produce the film and now word is that Daniel Espinosa is in talks to direct it. Espinosa isn’t a household name to be sure, but he took on the 2012 film Safe House, whic had a $85 million budget, and turned it around for a $208 million box office run. He’s currently working on the 2014 release of Child 44 which has a strong cast that includes Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, Joel Kinnamon and Gary Oldman, which should increase his name recognition a bit if it does well.
Original game concept: The original game involves a bartender named Desmond Miles, captured by a secret organization with ties to the Knight Templar who repeatedly send Miles back in time into the body of his assassin ancestors to retrieve valuable historical artifacts, the first time going back to the Crusades. Presumably, Fassbender would be playing Miles, even though that’s not stated in the story.
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