Producing legend Frank Marshall is in negotiations to join the “Assassin’s Creed” feature at New Regency and Ubisoft Motion Pictures.
Michael Fassbender is attached to star in this big-screen take on the popular Ubisoft video game series. Mike Lesslie penned the script, while Eli Richbourg, Fassbender and Connor McCaughan are also producing.
The story follows a bartender who finds out he comes from a secret and historic line of assassins. He is captured by a corporation who forces him to hunt down historic artifacts using a device that brings forward the memories as well as skills of his ancestors.
At the same time, Ubisoft Motion Pictures and Warner Bros. have signed Michael Bay as a producer on the film version of the “Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon” video game series. Bay is also being eyed to direct the project.
The games follow a fictional unit of the U.S. Army Special Forces that essentially operates as the President’s private army to take down threats from around the world.
Source: Heat Vision * Variety
