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Assassin’s Creed movie officially in production
The long-awaited Assassin's Creed movie is finally moving ahead, with Ubisoft revealing the film has officially entered production. The video game adaptation will be released on December 21, 2016. Word of the production came from the most mundane of places though—Ubisoft's quarterly financial call. The publisher is co-producing the film with studio New Regency, which has had a golden period in recent years with films such as 12 Years a Slave, Birdman, and Gone Girl under its umbrella.
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Interesting. This could actually be done pretty well, if they pull it off right.
Too bad they probably won't.
10 years ago I'd have said their chances of it being good was slim to none, but these days they got some quality writers and even better CGI.
Fair enough. But I feel like a lot of the times, companies focus more on exploiting the IP they've got on their hands than developing a good story that does the IP justice.
Take the trailer of the Hitman movie that's coming out. It looks like it's just gonna be another generic explosions-and-guns action film. It doesn't take any of the original, tense nuances of Hitman that can only be experienced via gameplay.
Another great game turns into Movie! Very exciting! Wondering when my favorite mobile game League of Angels: Fire Raiders can step into theater...