[Sparki]

Assassin's Creed Film mit Michael Fassbender:

Michael Fassbender will star in and co-produce "Assassin's Creed," the bigscreen adaptation of Ubisoft's videogame franchise, through his DMC Film.

While Fassbender's profile has risen with roles in "X-Men: First Class," "Shame," "Haywire," "Prometheus," and will next be seen in "The Counselor" and "Twelve Years a Slave," thesp also has spent the past year developing films with Conor McCaughan. Together, they produced the short "Pitch Black Heist."

"Assassin's Creed" is the duo's most high-profile project, given that the game is Ubisoft's biggest franchise, selling over 30 million units since 2007. A third "Assassin's Creed" game bows Oct. 30 and is set during the American Revolution. First two take place during the Crusades and Renaissance.

Plot revolves around a man who learns his ancestors were trained assassins after he is kidnapped by a secret org with ties to the Knights Templar, and sent back in time to retrieve historical artifacts.

"Michael Fassbender was our first choice" to play the franchise's iconic hooded hero, said Jean-Julien Baronnet, CEO of Paris-based Ubisoft Motion Pictures. "Michael (Fassbender) is an extremely smart, talented, versatile and committed actor."

Last fall, Ubisoft was in talks with Sony to develop a series of "Assassin's" pics (Daily Variety, Oct. 20, 2011). But the companies have since put negotiations on hold.

Ubisoft execs now plan to stick to their initial plan and develop the film independently in order to maintain greater creative control. Last year, Ubisoft invested in launching UMP, headed by Baronnet, former CEO of Luc Besson's EuropaCorp, to adapt the company's games into films, TV shows and digital projects.

While Sony could still wind up distribing the films, UMP will package the project with a writer and director before resuming talks with the studio.

"We're open to re-discuss with the key studios once the production package is finalized," Baronnet told Variety.

Ubisoft also is looking to raise financing for the tentpole through foreign presales and co-production deals, which again could again involve Sony.

"Whatever the financial model, UMP will limit its risk investment," and will save on production costs by turning to its 26 in-house game studios like Hybride Technologies, to handle visual effects work, Baronnet said.

Ubisoft sees adaptations as a way to turn its games into larger brands that will get the titles in front of more consumers while creating lucrative new revenue sources for the company. One of its first projects is an animated TV series based on the "Raving Rabbids" franchise that will air on Nickelodeon. Ubisoft chief Yves Guillemot also wants to develop films for the games "Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell" and "Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon."

By controlling more of the creative through UMP, Ubisoft hopes it doesn't wind up with another "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time," adapted by Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer. Pic earned a disappointing $335 million worldwide, with just $91 million of that in the U.S. last year, ending any franchise dreams.

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[Paul]

Michael Fassbender? Oh Gott, warum nur, konnte uns das echt nicht erspart bleiben?

[Wolfgang]

Wieso?? Was hast du gegen Fassbender?? Gut, als Assassine kann ich ihn mir noch etwas schwer vorstellen, aber erst ist ein extrem guter Schauspieler

[Paul]

Guter Schauspieler? Nenn mir einem Film in dem er nicht das Talent eines Holzscheits vorzuweisen hatte.

Mal ganz davon abgesehen dass er nur stupide Action machen kann (300, X-Men, Inglourious Basterds, etc) und bei Assassin's Creed vollkommen fehlbesetzt ist.

[Wolfgang]

Mein absoluter Lieblingsfilm mit ihm ist SHAME. Danach kommt die Neuverfilmung von Jane Eyre. Beides exrem gute Film, wie ich finde und vor allem in SHAME brilliert Fassbender förmlich

[Paul]

IMDb listet ihn bei Jane Eyre nichtmal als Hauptdardsteller, wie viel On-Screen-Zeit hat er da gehabt, fünf Minuten?

Shame hab ich auch noch nicht gesehen. Ich gönne ihm jetz mal den "Benefit of the Doubt", vielleicht hat er da wirklich gut gespielt. Aber mein Bild von ihm ist durch die vielen Fettnäpfchen in besagten anderen Filmen vordefiniert. So wie Kate Winslet und Leonardo DiCaprio nach Titanic muss sich Fassbender in meinen Augen erstmal wieder reinwaschen bevor ich ihm wieder irgendwas zutraue...

[Wolfgang]

Er ist einer der Hauptdarsteller ^^ Merkwürdig

Ja Shame kann ich dir wirklich empfehlen.

[Marc]

...Leonardo DiCaprio nach Titanic

Was jener erstaunlicherweise geschafft hat.
Hätte ich damals nicht für möglich gehalten...

[Paul]

Meiner Meinung nach haben es beide geschafft, DiCaprio sogar relativ kurz darauf via "Man in the Iron Mask" und anschließend "Gangs of New York" (wobei sein Schauspiel besser war als der eigentliche Film), und Winslet durch "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" und bei mir persönlich durch Kenneth Branagh's "Hamlet", obwohl der Film vor Titanic war, aber ich kannte ihn zuvor noch nicht.

[Alexreos]

hab neulich 2 Tage in New York gesehen, französicher Film wo Chris Rock mitspielt, fand ich ganz gut ist jetzt nicht ein Lacher im Sekundentakt drin aber auf jeden Fall unterhaltsam.