{"id":25257,"date":"2012-10-23T18:09:30","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T08:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=25257"},"modified":"2012-10-23T18:09:30","modified_gmt":"2012-10-23T08:09:30","slug":"ubisoft-and-new-regency-partner-on-assassins-creed-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=25257","title":{"rendered":"UBISOFT\u00ae AND NEW REGENCY PARTNER ON ASSASSIN\u2019S CREED\u00ae FILM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><strong>Deal Builds on Attachment of Michael Fassbender<\/strong><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA<\/strong><strong> \u2014 October 23, 2012<\/strong> \u2014 Ubisoft<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> and New Regency have announced that they are partnering on the forthcoming <em>Assassin\u2019s Creed<sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/em> film.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img2-3.timeinc.net\/ew\/i\/2012\/10\/22\/Michael-Fassbender.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Ubisoft Motion Pictures, the film and television division of Ubisoft, will develop the <em>Assassin\u2019s Creed<\/em> film in close collaboration with New Regency. The development of a screenplay is beginning immediately and the project is being fast tracked as the creative pieces come together, while allowing Ubisoft to maintain control of key elements of the movie\u2019s creative direction. Financial terms of the deal are not being disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUbisoft chose to partner with New Regency because they are a talent- and filmmaker-driven company, with the same independent and creative mindset that we have at Ubisoft Motion Pictures,\u201d said Jean-Julien Baronnet, chief executive officer, Ubisoft Motion Pictures. \u201cBringing aboard New Regency\u2019s renowned production and distribution expertise while maintaining our own creative and financial flexibility ensures that <em>Assassin\u2019s Creed <\/em>will be a high-quality film that respects the lore and fans of the video game franchise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The partnership with New Regency comes hot on the heels of Ubisoft Motion Pictures attaching distinguished actor Michael Fassbender to the <em>Assassin\u2019s Creed<\/em> film.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wanted to do everything we could to secure the rights to <em>Assassin&#8217;s Creed<\/em>, which Ubisoft has maintained with such care and quality over the years,\u201d said Brad Weston, president and chief executive officer, New Regency. &#8220;Having just finished working with Michael on Steve McQueen\u2019s 12 Years A Slave (with Plan B) made the partnership even more irresistible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ubisoft Motion Pictures was created in January 2011 to expand the audience of Ubisoft\u2019s successful video game brands by bringing them to film, television and Web series. In addition to the <em>Assassin\u2019s Creed<\/em> movie, the studio also is in production on the <em>Rabbids<\/em> TV series, a collection of 78 seven-minute CGI episodes based on the insane, hilarious and silly stars of the video game franchise of the same name, in partnership with France Televisions and Nickelodeon. Ubisoft Motion Pictures also has two additional feature-length films in development based on the <em>Tom Clancy\u2019s Splinter Cell<\/em> and <em>Tom Clancy\u2019s Ghost Recon<\/em> video game franchises.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deal Builds on Attachment of Michael Fassbender\u00a0 SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA \u2014 October 23, 2012 \u2014 Ubisoft\u00ae and New Regency have announced that they are partnering on the forthcoming Assassin\u2019s Creed\u00ae film. Ubisoft Motion Pictures, the film and television division of Ubisoft, will develop the Assassin\u2019s Creed film in close collaboration with New Regency. 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