There was a 2016 film adaptation of the series starring Michael Fassbender that was a modest success, but it's unclear whether the TV series will be relatedit seems doubtful.The Assassin's Creed series began with an experimental "social stealth" game released in 2007 and set in Israel during the Crusades.
It was that game's Renaissance Italy-set immediate sequelsAssassin's Creed II,Brotherhood, andRevelationsthat really put the franchise on the map.
There have been 14 mainline Assassin's Creed games over 18 years, as the series has evolved from a city-based stealth game to a more ambitious open-world RPG format.
Other settings so far have included the American Revolution, pirates in the Caribbean, revolutionary Paris, Victorian London, Classical Egypt, Ancient Greece, Viking-era Britain, Baghdad during the Islamic Golden Age, and most recently, feudal Japan.Earlier this year, I particularly enjoyed Assassin's Creed Shadowsthe just-released feudal Japan entrybecause, like other recent entries in the series, it settled into a sort of comfort-food approach after earlier periods of experimentation.
The game also succeeded partly because its publisher delayed it to give developers time to focus on quality.
Let's hope Netflix has that same kind of mentality with this show.