Netflix's animated adaptation of Konami's classic Castlevania series launches this Friday, but producer Adi Shankar is already working on his next big project - and it's also related to video games.
Shankar - whose credits include Hollywood movies The Grey and Dredd - has revealed on Facebook that he is working with Ubisoft to create an animated take on Assassins Creed:
I'm happy to let you guys know that I've selected my next project! I played the first edition of Assassin's Creed the year I moved to Los Angeles to pursue my dream. At that moment I knew absolutely no one in the industry and could never have imagined that one day Ubisoft would ask me to take the world of Assassin's Creed and create an original story set in it as an anime series. If anyone tells you not to follow your passion in life they are wrong.
It's interesting to note that this new venture will be an original story and - unlike Castlevania, which is based on the third NES outing - will not seek to re-tell the plot of an existing game.
A movie starring Michael Fassbender arrived last year, earning $240 million against a $125 million budget and receiving largely negative reviews.
Assassin's Creed is one of gaming's biggest franchises at the moment, but it hasn't featured on a Nintendo system for quite some time. Hopefully the continued success of the Switch will encourage Ubisoft to bring it to the console in the near future.
[source eurogamer.net]
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Do not care about Assassin's Creed show; really wanna see Castlevania show.
Hope this fares better than the movie.
@Neon_Blues that is a lot of assumption in one comment
I never got the Hollywood obsession to turn video games and animation into live action in recent times.. I assume it sells(not Ghost in the Shell, though). It's refreshing to see animation become more common again, hopefully 2d. Some material is best suited for that than live action.
Also, it's not bad advice to follow one's passion, but monetizing it is another matter entirely.
Hope it doesn't suck as much as the movie did.
Haven't played much AC (tried III on the 360, and while I was starting to enjoy it, I gave up after it decided it wanted to freeze upon trying to access my save every time), but I'd be willing to try this out, as the game's world seems interesting enough.
Interesting that he says it'll be an anime. Will Ubisoft have him be working with a Japanese studio, or does he somehow think the art style is what makes it anime. Not that it'll be bad if it isn't anime (I liked Avatar & think the Castlevania series looks promising), but it by definition can't be "anime" if produced out of Japan.
@Neon_Blues Anime and cartoons are basically the same. In Japan they call everything anime. It's only the people in the rest of the world that get worked up when someone uses the wrong term.
What does Assassin's Creed have to do with Nintendo these days?
I don't really care for AC, but I cannot wait for Castlevania! I hope it's good.
Cool
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