For a few months now, Michael Fassbender has been attached to the lead role in a movie version of the videogame, Assassin’s Creed. Now that project is moving forward with the news, via THR, that British playwright and screenwriter Michael Lesslie has been hired to write the screenplay.
Fassbender is set to star as a bartender who is kidnapped by a shady corporation tied to the Knights Templar secret society. The man is tasked with traveling back in time to recover ancient artifacts left behind by his ancestors, who were all deadly assassins. New Regency and Ubisoft are currently seeking a director for this adaptation.
Michael Lesslie is best known as an acclaimed playwright, whose Prince of Denmark debuted at the National Theatre in London last year.
It isn’t known when production on Assassin’s Creed may begin.