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Michael Fassbender talks Oscar nominations, Assassin’s Creed protagonist, and Steve Jobs flopping at the box office

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Michael Fassbender sat down with the Wall Street Journal to discuss a number of topics related to both his Oscar-nominated performance in Steve Jobs and the upcoming video game adaptation of Assassin’s Creed.  He notes that he had a lot of fun attending the ceremony for his first Oscar nomination (12 Years a Slave) with his […]

Michael Fassbender says Assassin’s Creed planned as first instalment of a trilogy

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In just a few short days, Assassin’s Creed will make the leap from video games to feature films as 20th Century Fox unleashes its hotly-anticipated movie adaptation, and should it prove successful at the box office, it seems it could be the launch pad for a trilogy of films based around Michael Fassbender’s Callum Lynch and his […]

‘Enter the Animus’ with first clip from Assassin’s Creed

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20th Century Fox has debuted the first clip from Justin Kurzel’s upcoming video game adaptation Assassin’s Creed entitled ‘Enter the Animus’ which you can watch below after the official synopsis…. SEE ALSO: Michael Fassbender says Assassin’s Creed is “very ambiguous morally” Through a revolutionary technology that unlocks his genetic memories, Callum Lynch (Michael Fassbender) experiences […]

Movies to Watch For in 2016 Part II

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Samuel Brace casts his eye over the second half of 2016 with four movies to look out for… Here we are guys. We are nearly halfway through 2016, a year that has been pretty tepid on the cinematic front. We’ve had some absolute stinkers, some surprising hits and a few excellent hangovers from last year’s […]

Assassin’s Creed movie adds Jeremy Irons and Brendan Gleeson

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With production already underway on the Assassin’s Creed movie, it has just been announced that two veteran actors are joining the cast. Deadline is reporting that actors Jeremy Irons and Brendan Gleeson are both set to to join the cast of the video game adaptation. With the story not following material from the games, both […]

Comic Book Review – Assassin’s Creed: Trial By Fire

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Tony Black reviews Assassin’s Creed: Trial By Fire… Charlotte de la Cruz is over-educated and underemployed, wasting her time in a dead-end job in San Diego, and spending her free time chasing down conspiracy theories on the dark side of the internet. When a real-life conspiracy crashes into her life, she’s pulled into the orbit of […]

Assassin’s Creed: How might the movie differ from the games?

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Tony Black on how the Assassin’s Creed movie might differ from the games… Around half a year out from the arrival of Justin Kurzel’s big screen adaptation of Ubisoft’s monster hit video game series Assassin’s Creed, and with filming complete, first images and limited plot details are starting to trickle out about arguably the most […]

Fox and Comic-Con: Is Pulling Out the Smart Move?

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Tony Black on Fox’s decision to pull out of the San Diego Comic-Con… It’s come to light this week that 20th Century Fox have pulled out of San Diego Comic Con, arguably one of the biggest promotional events on the yearly calendar where all the major studios roll out exclusive footage of their upcoming blockbusters […]

Legendary Assassin’s Creed characters return in new Titan miniseries

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Titan Comics has announced the upcoming release of Assassin’s Creed Reflections, a new four-issue miniseries of standalone stories featuring fan-favourite Assassins from the hit franchise in Ezio Auditore da Firenze (Assassin’s Creed III), Edward Kenway (Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag), Connor (Assassin’s Creed III) and Altair (Assassin’s Creed). Penned by Eisner-nominated writer Ian Edginton (Last Descendants […]