Netflix is bringing the popular video game franchise Assassin’s Creed to television in a new live-action series.
The streaming platform is developing the show with Ubisoft under an agreement announced in 2020. Plot details remain limited, but Netflix has started revealing members of the cast and creative team.
The Netflix Assassin’s Creed live-action series will combine historical settings, action and the franchise’s long-running conflict between the Assassins and Templars.
Toby Wallace, Lola Petticrew join lead cast
Netflix has announced several series regulars for Assassin’s Creed.
Toby Wallace, known for Euphoria, The Bikeriders and Babyteeth, was the first actor confirmed as a series regular. Lola Petticrew has also joined the cast.
Petticrew previously starred in the historical drama Say Nothing. Zachary Hart of Slow Horses and Laura Marcus of Death by Lightning have also joined the project.
Netflix has not yet revealed the characters they will play. The mystery gives the upcoming series plenty of room to introduce a new story within the Assassin’s Creed universe.
Swedish filmmaker Johan Renck will direct the series. He won an Emmy for his work on HBO’s Chernobyl.
Renck has also worked with Netflix on the science-fiction film Spaceman. He directed the first two episodes of Bloodline in 2015.
Roberto Patino and David Wiener will serve as showrunners and executive producers. Ubisoft executives and other producers will also work on the adaptation.
Production is planned to begin in Italy in 2026.
‘Purpose’ behind the parkour
The creative team wants the series to explore more than action and parkour.
Patino and Wiener said they have been fans of Assassin’s Creed since the original game arrived in 2007. They also highlighted the franchise’s themes of identity, destiny, faith and the search for purpose.
The series will retain the central conflict that defines the games. Two secretive factions fight over humanity’s future.
The Templars seek greater control, while the Assassins fight to protect free will. This conflict allows the series to move between historical events while telling a larger story about power and choice.
Parkour and combat will remain important parts of the adaptation. However, the showrunners also want the characters and their personal struggles to drive the story.
Assassin’s Creed legacy
Assassin’s Creed has built a huge global audience since its debut in 2007.
The franchise has taken players across different periods of history. Its games have explored settings such as Renaissance Italy, the French Revolution and Viking-era England.
The series combines historical figures and events with fictional stories about the Assassins and Templars. That mix has helped make the franchise one of Ubisoft’s best-known properties.
The latest major game, Assassin’s Creed Shadows, takes players to 16th-century Japan. It features two protagonists and continues the franchise’s tradition of combining historical settings with stealth and action.
The television adaptation therefore has a large world to draw from. It can use the games’ history while creating new characters and stories for television audiences.
Breaking into the TV mainstream
Netflix is entering a television market where video game adaptations have already achieved major success.
HBO’s The Last of Us demonstrated how a game can become a critically acclaimed television drama. The series stars Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey as Joel and Ellie.
Amazon Prime Video also found success with Fallout. The series adapts the post-apocalyptic role-playing game franchise and features an ensemble cast led by Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten and Walton Goggins.
These shows have helped increase interest in video game adaptations. They have also raised expectations for future projects based on popular games.
Netflix will now attempt to build on that momentum with Assassin’s Creed. The franchise offers a distinctive combination of historical drama, mystery, action and science fiction.
For fans, the biggest question remains whether the new series can capture the spirit of the games while creating a story that works for television.
With production planned for 2026 and more casting details still to come, Netflix’s Assassin’s Creed adaptation is shaping up as one of the streaming platform’s most ambitious video game projects.
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