Ubisoft wants Assassin's Creed to be its next game franchise to hit the silver screen.
Actor Michael Fassbender (Prometheus, X-Men: First Class) will star in and co-produce the film, according to Variety.
"Michael Fassbender was our first choice," Ubisoft Motion Pictures CEO Jean-Julien Baronnet told Variety. Ubisoft opened its own film studio last spring following Disney's adaptation of the Prince of Persia videogame series in 2010.
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time under-performed at the box office, but Ubisoft is keen to try Hollywood again. By finding its own star, writer and director before negotiating with the studios, Ubisoft hopes to retain creative control, says Variety. There is no word yet on who Ubisoft is planning to find to fill those latter two roles.
Ubisoft has released seven Assassin's Creed games in the past five years, with two more due out this October: Assassin's Creed III for home consoles and Assassin's Creed III: Liberation for PlayStation Vita.
The studio also produced a series of live-action Assassin's Creed shorts in 2009.
