User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 09-07-'12 — Assassin's Creed film news/@comment--20120717171939

Has the premise of the film been confirmed? Most people are assuming that it will be based on the first game, but isn't it equally possible that it will be an entirely original story with a new protagonist and ancestor?

I think I'd prefer that. It will give them more creative freedom.