Netflix gives the green light to a series based on Assassin's Creed

Netflix has officially given the green light to produce a series based on the Assassin's Creed video game franchise. Emmy nominees Roberto Patino (Westworld, Sons of Anarchy) and David Weiner (Halo) are attached as creators, showrunners and executive producers.

The Assassin's Creed series is described as a gripping thriller centered on a secret war between two shadowy factions. One seeks to determine the future of humanity through control and manipulation. The other fights to preserve free will.

The series will follow characters fighting to shape the fate of humanity during key historical events, but it is unknown what events, in which countries, and during what time period these events take place. It is also unknown when the series will premiere.

Roberto Patino and David Wiener issued a joint statement regarding the announcement:

"We've been fans of Assassin's Creed since its release in 2007. Every day we work on this show, we come away excited and humbled by the possibilities that Assassin's Creed opens to us," said Wiener and Patino in a joint statement. "Beneath the scope, the spectacle, the parkour and the thrills is a baseline for the most essential kind of human story - about people searching for purpose, struggling with questions of identity and destiny and faith. It is about power and violence and sex and greed and vengeance. But more than anything, this is a show about the value of human connection, across cultures, across time. And it's about what we stand to lose as a species, when those connections break. We've got an amazing team behind us with the folks at Ubisoft and our champions at Netflix, and we're committed to creating something undeniable for fans all over the planet."