Nearly five years after Netflix struck a content deal with Ubisoft, the streaming giant has finally greenlit an Assassin’s Creed live-action series based on the blockbuster video game franchise.
Emmy nominees Roberto Patino (Westworld, Sons of Anarchy) and David Wiener (Halo, The Killing) will create, showrun, and executive produce the series. The project went through multiple creative teams over the years, with Die Hard scribe Jeb Stuart originally attached to write in 2021.
The series centers on a secret war between two shadowy factions. One seeks to control mankind’s future through manipulation, while the other fights to preserve free will. Characters will battle across pivotal historical events to shape humanity’s destiny.
What the Creators Say
“We’ve been fans of Assassin’s Creed since its release in 2007,” Wiener and Patino said. “Beneath the scope, the spectacle, the parkour and the thrills is a baseline for the most essential kind of human story—about people searching for purpose, struggling with questions of identity and destiny and faith. But more than anything, this is a show about the value of human connection, across cultures, across time.”
The Franchise’s Success
Since launching in 2007, the Assassin’s Creed games have sold over 230 million copies worldwide across 14 main installments. The most recent, “Assassin’s Creed: Shadows,” was released in 2025. The games explore the war between rival secret orders—the Assassins and the Templars—as they use advanced machines to access genetic memories and track down powerful artifacts called Pieces of Eden.
The franchise already made the jump to film with 2016’s Assassin’s Creed starring Michael Fassbender, which earned $240 million globally.
Netflix’s Gaming Push
This marks the first live-action series under the Netflix-Ubisoft partnership announced in 2020. The companies previously collaborated on animated projects like Rabbids Invasion and Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix.
The series joins Netflix’s growing roster of video game adaptations, including Castlevania, Arcane, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, and the upcoming Splinter Cell: Deathwatch.
Gerard Guillemot, Margaret Boykin, and Austin Dill from Ubisoft Film & Television will executive produce alongside Matt O’Toole.
No release date has been announced yet.