NETFLIX ORDERS LIVE ACTION ASSASSINS' CREED TV SERIES BASED ON THE POPULAR VIDEO GAME

  ASSASSINS' CREED SERIES 

ANNOUNCED OVER AT NETFLIX

Netflix has announced that they have ordered a live action series based on ASSASSIN'S CREED video games with Westworld's Roberto Patino and Halo's David Wiener as show runners and producers. The high-octane thriller will focus on the secret war between two shadowy factions — one set on determining mankind’s future through control and manipulation, while the other fights to preserve free will. The series follows its characters across pivotal historical events as they battle to shape humanity’s destiny. There was a movie version with Michael Fassbender back in 2016.

KIT CONNOR TO LEAD MOVIE ADAPTATION OF ELDEN RING EPIC FANTASY VIDEO GAME?

    KIT CONNOR   

TO STAR IN ELDEN RING EPIC ADAPTATION?

According to rumours, our dearest Kit Connor might star in the movie adaptation of ELDEN RING video game for director Alex Garland. As Deadline writes the action game is set in an authentic epic fantasy world, which allows players to head off on adventures within vast environments and dark dungeons. It has been sold so far in over 30 million copies. Kit and Alex already worked together on Warfare movie which played in theatres earlier this year.

14TH CENTURY SET GAME A PLAGUE TALE TO BE TURNED INTO A FRENCH TV SERIES! ERIN DOHERTY TO BE BURNT IN TOWER OF LONDON IN JUDE LAW'S HENRY VIII MOVIE FIREBRAND

  ERIN DOHERTY CAST IN  

JUDE LAW'S FIREBRAND

Just last week I told you that Alicia Vikander has replaced Michelle Williams in FIREBRAND historical movie in which Jude Law plays Henry VIII and

Erin Doherty starred in Chloe and Crown

Vikander will play his last wife Catherine Parr, and now from Daily Mail comes news that Chloe's Erin Doherty has been cast too as Protestant martyr Anne Askew, who was tortured at the Tower of London then burnt at the stake. Among other storylines, the film will also cover Henry's adviser Stephen Gardiner, the Bishop of Winchester (Simon Russell Beale), and his ruthless investigation to uncover high profile heretics, as part of a campaign to destroy Parr. Gardiner ordered Askew to be taken to the Tower, hoping she would betray the queen. But Askew refused to give up names, despite enduring torture so barbaric even the Tower's constable begged Henry to stop.

  A PLAGUE TALE GAME  

TO BECOME A TV SERIES

A Plague Tale is getting an adaptation

In other epic genre news, there are rumours coming from Allocine, that the French producers will turn Bordeaux based game developer Asobo's A PLAGUE TALE game into a television series directed by Mathieu Turi. Taking place in 14th century France, A PLAGUE TALE follows the story of Amicia de Rune and her brother, Hugo, who has been ill since birth. The pair flee their home from the French Inquisition and must navigate their way to safety while avoiding soldiers as well as rats that are carrying the black plague. The world wide popular video game has been sold in over one million copies since its release back in year 2019.