User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 27-08-'15 – First look at Michael Fassbender in the Assassin's Creed film/@comment-24760042-20150828161759/@comment-733050-20150828164037

Basically confirms what we suspected, new story but is canon to the universe, Abstergo and Animus are present, may or may not have cameos or references for the likes of Ezio. Can't believe I didn't realise the movie is coming four years after Desmond saved the world. :)