5 years after Ubisoft introduced its partnership with streaming service Netflix, the 2 firms have greenlit an Murderer’s Creed live-action collection. That is set to be the primary live-action streaming collection based mostly on Ubisoft’s properties. It is also one of many franchises not immediately owned by Ubisoft, however as an alternative by a spun-off holding firm collectively owned with Tencent.
Roberto Patino and David Wiener, the latter of whom additionally labored as govt producer within the Halo adaptation, had been appointed as creators, showrunners, and govt producers. In a joint assertion, the duo stated that the present is about “energy and violence and intercourse and greed and vengeance.”
Peter Friedlander, Netflix’s vp, scripted collection, stated the present is the results of “years of devoted collaboration” between the streaming conglomerate and Ubisoft’s movie and tv division. The preliminary partnership announcement, which happened again in October 2020, positioned the Murderer’s Creed present as the primary collection in growth. An animated TV collection based mostly on Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell, Splinter Cell: Deathwatch, can also be in growth and slated for launch this yr.
Murderer’s Creed is not technically owned by Ubisoft anymore
The information comes mere months after Ubisoft and Tencent spun off the brand new subsidiary which owns Rainbow Six and Far Cry manufacturers, together with Murderer’s Creed. Yesterday, as the corporate introduced the co-CEOs appointed to the subsidiary, it stated that the main focus is to “speed up the expansion” of the aforementioned franchises.
Again in 2022, Ubisoft and Netflix struck a deal to develop three video games, together with an unique Murderer’s Creed title optimized for cellular. Whereas there hasn’t been information concerning the mission, the collection has been a part of a number of transmedia initiatives, together with novels, manga, and a collaboration with Wizards of the Coast for Magic: The Gathering.
It is also value remembering that that is Ubisoft’s second swing at a live-action adaptation after the Murderer’s Creed movie in 2016.
Final week, the French firm confirmed layoffs at Ubisoft Purple Storm, affecting 19 staff. In the meantime, three former executives on the firm had been sentenced to suspended jail phrases, with fees together with sexual assault and “enabling a tradition of sexual and psychological harassment.”
