Netflix announces epic live action Assassin’s Creed series – but will it live up to The Witcher?

NETFLIX has announced a new live action Assassin's Creed series that could rival The Witcher.

The streaming service plans to adapt the hit video game franchise into a TV series, with its official Twitter account revealing the news on Tuesday.

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The NX On Netflix account then added: “Netflix will be developing an Assassin’s Creed live-action series. @Ubisoft‘s Jason Altman and Danielle Kreinik will serve as Executive Producers.”

The announcement comes four years after Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot revealed the company was in talks with Netflix about a TV series based on the video games.

The franchise has been a huge success since the first game was launched in 2007.

It tracks Desmond Miles, a modern-day bartender who discovers that his ancestors were renowned assassins before being forced to relive their memories in his DNA via advanced technology.

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The popularity of Assassin's Creed lead to a 2016 film adaptation with Michael Fassbender playing Callum Lynch, whose ancestor was an assassin in Spain in the 15th Century.

It also Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, Brendan Gleeson and Charlotte Rampling.

However, the film bombed at the Box Office, losing an estimated £75-100 million.

The new Assassin's Creed live action series is not the first collaboration between Ubisoft and Netflix, as they are also working on a film adaptation of The Division and an anime series based on Splinter Cell.

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Both companies will hope the series will be a hit with viewers like fellow video game-turned-TV series, The Witcher, which stars Henry Cavill.

The first season dropped at the end of last year while filming is currently underway for season two having been delayed by the coronavirus pandemic.