Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has confirmed in a company earnings call that the long-planned cinematic adaptation of the **Assassin's Creed **gaming series will indeed hit cinema screens on December 21, 2016. Moreover, it has officially started production. The parkour-fuelled historical killing spree is finally happening, most likely directed by Snowtown and Macbeth director Justin Kurzel - though quite in what form remains to be seen.
"We have the pleasure to announce today that the green light has been given by New Regency, and the production has already started," Guillemot said. "This is a very important milestone for the project and for our team on Assassin’s Creed."
Currently shooting Danny Boyle's Jobs movie, Fassbender looks set to take on the role of Desmond Miles - originally voiced by Nolan North, the man behind Uncharted's Nathan Drake and many more - as well as his bloodletting ancestors. The plot in of itself is still unconfirmed, but in all likelihood, the film will use Assassin's Creed II's Italian renaissance time period and setting.
For anyone unaware of Assassin's Creed's set-up, the games' stories revolve around an unassuming barman drawn into a fantastical world of assassins' guilds. Travelling through history, he's asked to relive his ancestor's lives through the magic of cutting-edge DNA technology.
Bar any unfortunate accidents involving falling off a tall building and narrowly missing a cart full of hay, **Assassin's Creed **will slit cinemas' proverbial throats - to not coin a phrase - in December 21, 2016.