Assassin's Creed movie to star Michael Fassbender

WTF? No. Just no. A movie adaptation could be a bit hit or miss, but I'd give it a shot anyway. But, while Fassbender might have done some decent movies and I enjoy his acting, he isn't Desmond. Desmond is about as far from Fassbender as you can get, and while I usually don't get into the 'whitewashing' argument, in the case of this movie I think Desmond's ethnicity is important. Not even gonna consider watching this, gonna stick with the games thanks.

I think he's a great actor. With the right script and director this could shape into a decent video game film adaptation... Then again this is a video game film adaptation so it may suck. lol either way I'm hoping for the best because Assassins Creed is an awesome IP

he did an amazing in x-men first class

I still think this is a bad idea.  You know what won't surprise me:

"Desmond is valuable because of his high concentration of First Civilization DNA." 

 "Oh really, how can we be certain?"

"It's in his midi-chlorian count."

THEN WE WILL FIGHT IN THE SHADE!

Michael Fassbender is one of my best friends in real life, we do lunch sometimes. 

As per Deus Ex.  Use the original game's plot, or epic fail.

Another attempt to rake in cash with possibly watered-down content. There's seriously " very rare-to-no creativity in the IP industry". Lets hope this isn't a cheesy-fied, "infused with unnecessary humor", and extremely linear attempt to transition a very good video game over to the big screens. 

In my opinion, this movie might be another bad hollywood movie adaption of a game.

Whilst the original AC had a good plot I, for one, am hoping that this will be the tales of Ezio Audotore di Firenze. I couldn't put AC2 down when I purchased it and feel that the stories of the master assassin of his age would be the best route to go down. I don't want to see too much of Desmond's story although, let's face it, it has to be part of the story. I want to see the battle between the Templars and the Assassins struck out on screen for me and not just some nonsense romance which Hollywood always seems to go down. Ezio was always the ladies man and there should be a love interest in the film, it will give depth to the character but please don't mess it up for us. I would loathe to see critics defining this as a 'schoolboy game turned into woefully inept conversion to film'. Oh and please make it 3D if it's any good, I need more 3D movies for adults in my collection!

Unfortunately, Fassbender looks like an assassin but nothing like Desmond, Altair, or Ezio.

Im gonna play a Role as an Assassin too on NOVEMBER 15 2012 :)

I'd like to see the plot for the movie. AC has an interesting plot. Not sure how they're going to connect this movie to the game

I'm glad to see comments clarifying which character he'll be playing.  To say that the person playing Desmond will be "starring" is a either a little bit of an overstatement, as Desmond is a supporting character to Alistair/Ezio in the games.

That is, unless they beef up Desmond's part of the story quite a bit and downplay Ezio's.  Which is assuming they skip over Alistair and go straight to Ezio, which is hardly a safe assumption. 

A logical way to come at the project would be to pace it as a trilogy, with the first movie covering the events of the first game, the second Ezio's story, compressing the Animus sequences from Ezio's trilogy into a single story, and the third covering the events from AC3 and any sequels it might get.

They'd also need to pace revelations regarding the modern role of the templars and assassins a bit differently and the templars plans, with more coming out in the first movie, if they chose to go this route, than occurs in AC. 

Hope Up for this movie,   dont let Sony do anything to it, leave them out! Price of Persia was a lame movie cause it had No relation whatsoever to its original script.

U might think why do you need to wright a script of a movie based on the game? I mean, just follow the games storyline, its already there! No need to get creative or something, dont try to invent warm water, its already there...

I can see him playing this role. 

a nice game to go on movie.... hope to watch it soon enough...

I'm happy ubisoft will be doing this. Glad the script won't be spoiled by some company.

From thehollywoodreporter.com

Fassbender will play Desmond Miles, a bartender who is a descendant of several lines of prominent assassins. The story weaves between present day and ancient times as Miles squares off with the Knights Templar."

Fassbender will be playing Desmond. As far as anyone knows, Altair could still be played by another actor. Assuming of course they aren't skipping AC1 and going straight for AC2 - BH for Ezio. I'll be honest, I believe Fassbender should just be given every award every year weather he worked or not. However I never pictured him playing a multi-ethinic twenty-something and a thirty-something Middle-Eastern man.

Then again, he is Michael Fassbender.

He is a very good actor :D He should have gotten the oscar for Shame. Unfortunately Hollywood can't handle NC-17 movies lol

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meh.

Hehe... here's that splinter cell teaser from so many years ago... wonder what happened, Paramount? Lol...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=atq0xLARLz0

Oded Fehr (The Mummy, Resident Evil) should have played Altair

it wont work with todays money men ruining everything, it can only work as a tv series imo, the story is far too big for one made for chavs movie. An animated movie or series would be preferable imo

I would rather more games then a movie.

*mutters quietly* Don't f**k it up, Don't f**k it up, Don't f**k it up, Don't f**k it up, FOR GODS SAKE AND THE SAKE OF THE FANS SANITY...DON'T F**K IT UP!!!!

I STILL think making an Assassin's Creed movie is a bad idea... I let PoP slide for me because it's really simplistic and magical, yet somehow Disney found a way to screw with us anyway.

Assassin's Creed is a story about a conspiracy that hides in our everyday life, a secret battle waging for centuries between to sides fighting for control, and in the middle of it there is a prophecy about the end of the world.

This is a blockbuster movie production, getting Fastbender just proves it. They are probably just going to ignore all of that fascinating story and focus on everyone's favourite renaissance vigilante killing someone important.

It's going to suck, AC doesn't fit as a movie.

WTF!!! Fassbender? Please save us the torture and don't make the movie. My entire image of Assassin's Creed will be broken by imagining him playing the role. Ubisoft, PLEASE!!!! I say PRETTY PLEASE!!!! Get a new actor whom no one knows and then maybe I can live with it even if you f**K up the movie which I know you surely will.