Assassin's Creed Movie Starts Production

The Assassin's Creed movie has officially entered production and will soon begin principal photography.

The announcement was made by Ubisoft's chief executive officer Yves Guillemot during an earning call on February 12 (via Gamespot). The film is being produced by New Regency and 20th Century Fox.

"This is a very important milestone for the project," Guillemot said.

Not much is known about the Assassin's Creed film except that Michael Fassbender (X-Men: Days of Future Past) is set to play the lead. The game series chronicles a war between the Assassins, champions of individual freedom, and the Templars, agents of collective order, that spans generations, with players taking control of different characters in different eras which each game, spanning the Renaissance, the American Revolution, and the French Revolution so far. If the first entry in the film series goes well, the games have laid groundwork for a potentially huge franchise going forward.

Assassin's Creed is one of six Ubisoft films currently in development. Others include movies based on the Far Cry, Rabbids, Watch Dogs, Splinter Cell, and Ghost Recon franchises, with creative control resting with the Ubisoft Motion Pictures group.

Assassin's Creed will open in theaters December 21, 2016.