‘Assassin’s Creed’ Movie News: Fassbender Plays Game; First Official Photo Released!
For the latest "Assassin's Creed" movie news, Michael Fassbender plays the video game for the first time, according to Coming Soon.net.
"Assassin's Creed" movie is an upcoming action-adventure film, which is based on the video game created by Ubisoft. It is produced and starred by Michael Fassbender as Aguilar. Aguilar is a 1th century Spanish Assassin. Fassbender will also take on the role of the present day descendant Callum Lynch. It will be directed by Justin Kurzel and produced by Ubisoft Motion Pictures and Frank Marshall.
Michael Fassbender has revealed that he has never played any of the games in the "Assassin's Creed" game series before he was offered the part. He has starred in many fantasy roles already and this time he will be part of a large video game series that spans nine video games in all.
"I hadn't played it before these guys approached me," said Fassbender in an interview. "I've played it since mainly to get an idea of the physicality of the character."
Fassbender and the rest of the crew are trying their best to get the concept down perfectly so that fans will not be let down of the film, according to Gamespot. This is good "Assassin's Creed" movie news for the fans as well.
"We're striving to find something special. We believe the whole concept around it is special and want to service that the best we can," said Fassbender. "The fans are really passionate: very specific and they expect accuracy and historical detail."
"We're really trying to capitalize and feed on and enjoy the fun element," he continued. "We're working hard to make this something special."
Also part of the "Assassin's Creed" movie news, the first official photo from the set was released, according to Variety. The photo shows Michael Fassbender in full outfit with a female character that also has an "Assassin" outfit. Interested fans can view the photo here.
