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Netflix’s Assassin’s Creed is officially set in ancient Rome - Engadget

Production has begun in Italy, with full ensemble cast now announced. We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Netflix's live-action Assassin's Creed show has entered production and will officially be set in Rome in the year 64AD, confirming previous reports. The upcoming adaptation, then, will return to the setting of 2010's Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, although the latter's story took place more than 1,000 years after the events we'll see in Netflix's show. Ubisoft confirmed in a press release that the Netflix series will tell an original story centered on a war between the Templar Order and the Assassin Brotherhood, who each have very different ideas on how the future of mankind should look. The full ensemble cast has also now been announced. Sandra Guldberg-Kampp (Foundation), Youssef Kerkour (A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms), Mirren Mack (28 Years Later: The Bone Temple), and Louis McCartney (Broadway production Stranger Things: The First Shadow) have all been cast as recurring characters. Netflix previously announced Lola Pettigrew (Trespasses) and Toby Wallace (Babyteeth) as possible leads, along with a number of other series regulars. Roberto Patino (Westwo

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Netflix’s Assassin’s Creed is officially set in ancient Rome - Engadget

Production has begun in Italy, with full ensemble cast now announced. We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Netflix's live-action Assassin's Creed show has entered production and will officially be…

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