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An animated Assassin's Creed television series is currently being developed by Ubisoft Film & Television.[1] Intended for distribution through on Netflix,[2] a release date has not been announced. The series would have originally featured an all-new story from Castlevania producer Adi Shankar[3] that would share the same universe as other media in the franchise,[4] but Shankar later revealed in October 2024 that he was no longer attached to the series.[5]
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In November 2016, it was announced that Ubisoft and Netflix started talks regarding how to develop an Assassin's Creed series.[6] By March 2017, Assassin's Creed head of content Aymar Azaizia confirmed that an Assassin's Creed television series was being developed and teased it at PAX East 2017.[7][8] On 5 July, producer Adi Shankar announced a partnership with Ubisoft on his Facebook page and revealed that he was working on "an original story" Assassin's Creed anime series.[3] Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot resumed discussions with Netflix as a possible network for the series to air on.[9]
The television series was reportedly still in development in June 2020, with Netflix officially confirmed as the distributor and airing network.[2] In October, news on the project resurfaced stating that it was not cancelled. Two other Netflix series were also announced, one anime, and the other live-action.[10] In an April 2021 Eurogamer interview with Aymar Azaïzia, he reconfirmed the series and stated that it was being made by the team behind the television series Rabbids Invasion and the upcoming Far Cry animated television series Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix also being produced by Shankar. The Far Cry series was taking precedence, though, leaving the Assassin's Creed series on hold.[11]
In March 2022, Shankar again reiterated that Captain Laserhawk was his main Ubisoft-based focus and only when that was finished and had aired would he start work on the Assassin's Creed series. He added that turning video games into animated series for streaming platforms had become his business model and he would reap the benefits of such a thing.[12] However, in October 2024, he suddenly revealed in a tweeted reply that he was no longer working on the project, elaborating that his story idea of having the Templars defeat the Assassins in their covert struggle had been adapted from its pitch to eventually become the plot of Captain Laserhawk and the Assassin's Creed elements within it.[5]
In mid-May 2025, in a Nexus Point News article reporting on the live-action television series, doubt was cast on if the animated and the anime series were still in active development.[13]
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- ↑ Osborne, Alex (22 March 2017). Ubisoft Is Working on an Assassin's Creed TV Series. IGN. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved on 23 March 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 AFP Relax News (26 June 2020). 'Cyberpunk: Edgerunners' anime coming from 'Kill la Kill' studio. Yahoo! News. Archived from the original on 5 July 2020. Retrieved on 5 July 2020.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1
Adi Shankar (@bootleguniverse) on Facebook "I'm happy to let you guys know that I've selected my next project! I played the first edition of Assassin's Creed the year I moved to Los Angeles to pursue my dream. At that moment I knew absolutely no one in the industry and could never have imagined that one day Ubisoft would ask me to take the world of Assassin's Creed and create an original story set in it as an anime series. If anyone tells you not to follow your passion in life they are wrong." (screenshot)
- ↑ Skrebels, Joe (5 July 2017). Assassin's Creed Anime Announced by Castlevania Netflix Producer. IGN. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved on 16 January 2020.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1
Adi Shankar (@adishankarbrand) on Twitter "This kind of thing is exactly why I develop my projects independently. I control every step of the process and only then, when I'm ready, I show up to the network with my fully baked vision and go "This is what we're doing … Are you in or are you out." This is one of the reasons my Devil May Cry series is 🔥. It wasn't made by a committee it's my singular vision. #DevilMayCry" (screenshot)
Fluffy (@assassinpikachu) on Twitter "@adishankarbrand Is that why the Assassin's Creed anime you were developing for Netflix has had zero updates since it was announced in 2017?" (screenshot) Adi Shankar (@adishankarbrand) on Twitter "@assassinpikachu I'm not working on the Assassin's Creed anime. My vision for Assassin's Creed was a cyberpunk world where the Templars won and controlled society—that story became Captain Laserhawk. Captain Laserhawk is my Assassin's Creed anime. pic.twitter.com/ZuuJtBJP0c" (screenshot) Fluffy (@assassinpikachu) on Twitter "@adishankarbrand Wow. That's great. Sorry for asking about it for a while. I thought it was just straight-up canceled or was in development hell but couldn't say anything due to a possible NDA. Thank you for replying to me about this." (screenshot) Adi Shankar (@adishankarbrand) on Twitter "@assassinpikachu No prob! I definitely violated an NDA but 🤷♂️" (screenshot)
- ↑ Monica, M. (14 November 2016). Netflix And Ubisoft In Talks To Make 'Assassin's Creed', 'Watch Dogs', And 'Tom Clancy' TV Series. Jobs n Hire. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved on 16 January 2020.
- ↑ Moore, Ewan (23 March 2017). Here's Everything We Know About The Assassin's Creed TV Series. UNILAD. Archived from the original on 3 June 2017. Retrieved on 16 January 2020.
- ↑ Assasins Creed Panel at PAX 2017 deleted scenes and discussion with cast. on the Dragon Blogger Technology and Entertainment YouTube channel. " [citation needed] " at [TIME:STAMP–DURATION]
- ↑ Kane, Ian (15 January 2018). Ubisoft Announces Assassin's Creed TV Series is in the Works. CYBERPOWERPC. Archived from the original on 21 April 2018. Retrieved on 16 January 2020.
- ↑ Goldberg, Lesley (27 October 2020). 'Assassin's Creed' Live-Action TV Series in the Works at Netflix. The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved on 27 October 2020.
- ↑ Phillips, Tom (19 April 2021). Ubisoft details Assassin's Creed Black Flag webtoon sequel, Shao Jun books, Netflix projects. Eurogamer. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved on 20 April 2021.
- ↑ Valentine, Evan (10 March 2022). Assassin's Creed Producer Gives Update on Its TV Series. Comic Book. Archived from the original on 13 March 2022. Retrieved on 14 August 2022.
- ↑ Mills, Christopher (13 May 2025). Netflix's 'Assassin's Creed' Live-Action Series Has Found Its Writers' Room. Ubisoft. Archived from the original on 14 May 2025. Retrieved on 14 May 2025.
