The 'Assassin's Creed' Movie Has A Release Date, Casts Marion Cotillard

The upcoming Assassin's Creed movie has been slowly gathering steam for a good long while now, but as of today, Ubisoft has announced that the film has officially begun production, and has a release date to boot, December 21, 2016. Ubisoft has an unprecedented level of influence over the film for a video game studio, and is actually co-publishing the movie with New Regency. It's been considered by many fans to be one of the best new hopes for creating a video game-based film that might actually turn out to be high quality, first given Ubisoft's involvement, and second, based on the fact that the esteemed Michael Fassbender has been attached to the project for a while now. The actor will be playing both the present day lead, and his Assassin ancestor in the genetic flashbacks which will assuredly make up most of the film. Also this week it was announced that the cast has expanded to include Oscar-winner Marion Cotillard in an unspecified role, lending further credence to the film's potential quality.