US Edition'Assassin's Creed' live-action series begins production in Rome
- On Friday, Netflix revealed that the live-action Assassin's Creed series has begun filming at Rome's Cinecittà Studios, with the story set in Ancient Rome during 64 A.D.
- Based on the Ubisoft video game franchise, which has sold more than 230 million units, the show explores the war between the Assassins and the Templars, marking its first visit to Ancient Rome.
- Showrunners Robert Patino and David Wiener lead the production, with an ensemble cast featuring Toby Wallace, Lola Petticrew, Louis McCartney, and Mirren Mack.
- The series will shoot throughout Rome's Lazio region and Tuscany, utilizing Italian tax rebates covering up to 40% of production costs, with filming expected to continue for seven months.
- Netflix targets a 2027 release window for the project, which coincides with 64 A.D., the year the Great Fire of Rome destroyed two-thirds of the city.
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'Assassin's Creed' live-action Netflix TV series begins production
A visitor dressed in costume as Dorian Arno, a character from ‘Assassin’s Creed Unity,’ poses in front of a Ubisoft logo during the Paris Games week on Oct. 29, 2015, in Paris, France. (Chesnot/Getty Images) Cameras have started rolling on the Assassin’s Creed live-action TV series. Netflix has announced that the upcoming series adaptation of the popular video game franchises has started filming in Rome, Italy. The show’s original story will be …
Netflix’s Assassin’s Creed is officially set in ancient Rome
Netflix’s live-action Assassin’s Creed show has entered production and will officially be set in Rome in the year 64AD, confirming previous reports. The upcoming adaptation, then, will return to the setting of 2010’s Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, although the latter’s story took place more than 1,000 years after the events we'll see in Netflix's show. Ubisoft confirmed in a press release that the Netflix series will tell an original story center…
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