User blog comment:Bah-Lamine/Michael Fassbender signs up for Assassin's Creed film/@comment-4055238-20120709170733/@comment-1888015-20120709171827

I didn't really want the film to be about Desmond. It's just going to be a re-telling of the game.

I would have preferred a new character that would add new information to the series.

Also, given what he looks like in the picture, I figure he'd make a better Clay than Desmond.