Assassin’s Creed trailer lands, Michael Fassbender heads up the adaptation of the popular game series.
Game to screen adaptations have a tumultuous history. For some reason despite having an already supplied story the film adaptations always fail to capture the essence of the games that inspire them. Even more infuriating, most go in a completely different direction to the games narrative, the result often a weak, uninspired story. That’s not to say that they don’t bring in the money, Resident Evil isn’t on it’s sixth film for no reason. Hoping to be the exception to the rule is Assassin’s Creed.
Starring heavyweight actors Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard (who starred together in Macbeth) the film, like the game, is a strange mixture of sci-fi future and key historical events. Confused? Take a look at the brand new trailer and all will become clear.
Personally I’ve never played the games, but I have seen others on it and the trailer points to a fairly close conversion. Fassbender has been championing this project for the last couple of years and has promised a faithful reworking.
The full synopsis is below:
Through a revolutionary technology that unlocks his genetic memories, Callum Lynch (Michael Fassbender) experiences the adventures of his ancestor, Aguilar, in 15th Century Spain. Callum discovers he is descended from a mysterious secret society, the Assassins, and amasses incredible knowledge and skills to take on the oppressive and powerful Templar organisation in the present day.
Assassin’s Creed arrives in UK cinemas on 26th December.
