{"id":1837347,"date":"2026-03-20T17:09:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T14:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1837347"},"modified":"2026-03-20T17:09:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T14:09:33","slug":"netflixs-assassins-creed-adaption-will-tell-an-original-story-set-over-1400-years-before-the-series-other-trip-to-italy-assassins-creed-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1837347","title":{"rendered":"Netflix&#8217;s Assassin&#8217;s Creed adaption will tell an original story, set over 1,400 years before the series&#8217; other trip to Italy, Assassin&#8217;s Creed 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/assassins-creed\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Assassin&#8217;s Creed<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Netflix&#8217;s Assassin&#8217;s Creed adaption will tell an original story, set over 1,400 years before the series&#8217; other trip to Italy, Assassin&#8217;s Creed 2<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Rome is where the heart is.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Ezio-fights-under-the-Italian-moonlight-in-Assassin's-Creed-2.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Ezio fights under the Italian moonlight in Assassin's Creed 2\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Ezio-fights-under-the-Italian-moonlight-in-Assassin's-Creed-2.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Ubisoft<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Victoria Phillips Kennedy avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1644925423.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Victoria Phillips Kennedy avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1644925423.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/victoria-kennedy\">Victoria Phillips Kennedy<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      News Reporter<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-03-20T17:09:33+00:00\">March 20, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"901ee8e1-34c9-438b-bd38-14bed0804c5a\" data-name=\"Assassinu0027s Creed\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Assassinu0026#39;s Creed\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Assassinu0026#39;s Creed\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Assassinu0027s Creed\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Assassinu0027s Creed\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Assassin's Creed\" title=\"Follow Assassin's Creed\"><br \/>\n  Follow Assassin&#8217;s Creed<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Netflix&#8217;s live-action Assassin&#8217;s Creed series will take place over 1,400 years before the events of Assassin&#8217;s Creed 2 &#8211; the first (or chronologically, now technically second) time the series visited Italy.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier today, Netflix and Ubisoft announced the upcoming Assassin&#8217;s Creed series had officially begun production in Italy. Not just that, the team also revealed it&#8217;ll be set in ancient Rome in 64 AD. Ubisoft&#8217;s own Italy based Assassin&#8217;s Creed 2, meanwhile, primarily takes place between 1476 to 1499. <\/p>\n<p><!-- code from Primis - Eurogamer.net - eurogamer.net --><\/p>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- code from Primis --><\/p>\n<p>Those history buffs among us will know 64 AD saw the reign of the rather tyrannical and debaucherous (at least, according to some) Emperor Nero. Notable events during this period include Nero&#8217;s supposed marriage to Pythagoras, a freedman, during the Saturnalia, and the Great Fire of Rome, which destroyed three quarters of the city.<\/p>\n<p>While some historians have blamed Nero and his incompetence for this tragedy, the emperor himself was said to have blamed the Christian community within Rome, which resulted in their persecution. While neither Netflix or Ubisoft have yet said, I do wonder if this may be a focus of the Assassin&#8217;s Creed TV show&#8217;s plot. We shall see.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pulling myself out of that ancient Rome rabbit hole, Netflix has also announced its full Assassin&#8217;s Creed cast. Joining the likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/netflixs-assassins-creed-adaptation-lands-first-lead-cast-member-in-euphoria-and-eden-actor\">Toby Wallace, Lola Petticrew<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/netflix-assassins-creed-series-casts-girl-with-a-dragon-tattoo-star-as-well-as-actors-from-mission-impossible-and-indiana-jones\">Noomi Rapace, Ramzy Bedia, Sean Harris and Corrado Invernizzi<\/a>, are Louis McCartney, Mirren Mack, Youssef Kerkour, Claes Bang and Sandra Guldberg-Kampp.<\/p>\n<p>Filming for the series is expected to run for seven months, wrapping in October. Netflix is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/world\/assassin-s-creed-netflix-series-set-in-ancient-rome-more-cast-revealed\/ar-AA1Z3gB8?ocid=BingNewsSerp\">said to be eyeing a 2027 release window<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Assassin's Creed TV cast\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Assassin's-Creed-TV-cast.jfif?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 0.8\" width=\"1080\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Assassin's Creed TV cast\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"Assassin's-Creed-TV-cast.jfif\" height=\"1350\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 0.8\" width=\"1080\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Netflix<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The streaming service&#8217;s Assassin&#8217;s Creed adaptation has been a long time coming, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/netflix-announces-assassins-creed-live-action-series\">was first announced in 2020<\/a>. The series is being helmed by Roberto Patino (DMZ, Westworld, Sons of Anarchy) and David Wiener (Halo, Homecoming, The Killing), who&#8217;ll serve as creators, showrunners, and executive producers on the show.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, on the video game side of things, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-official-as-artwork-revealed\">Ubisoft finally revealed some artwork for its not-very-secret-but-still-kinda-secret Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag remake earlier this month<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Netflix&#8217;s live-action Assassin&#8217;s Creed series will take place over 1,400 years before the events of Assassin&#8217;s Creed 2 &#8211; the first (or chronologically, now technically second) time the series visited Italy.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier today, Netflix and Ubisoft announced the upcoming Assassin&#8217;s Creed series had officially begun production in Italy. Not just that, the team also revealed it&#8217;ll be set in ancient Rome in 64 AD. Ubisoft&#8217;s own Italy based Assassin&#8217;s Creed 2, meanwhile, primarily takes place between 1476 to 1499. <\/p>\n<p><!-- code from Primis - Eurogamer.net - eurogamer.net --><\/p>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- code from Primis --><\/p>\n<p>Those history buffs among us will know 64 AD saw the reign of the rather tyrannical and debaucherous (at least, according to some) Emperor Nero. Notable events during this period include Nero&#8217;s supposed marriage to Pythagoras, a freedman, during the Saturnalia, and the Great Fire of Rome, which destroyed three quarters of the city.<\/p>\n<p>While some historians have blamed Nero and his incompetence for this tragedy, the emperor himself was said to have blamed the Christian community within Rome, which resulted in their persecution. While neither Netflix or Ubisoft have yet said, I do wonder if this may be a focus of the Assassin&#8217;s Creed TV show&#8217;s plot. We shall see.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pulling myself out of that ancient Rome rabbit hole, Netflix has also announced its full Assassin&#8217;s Creed cast. Joining the likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/netflixs-assassins-creed-adaptation-lands-first-lead-cast-member-in-euphoria-and-eden-actor\">Toby Wallace, Lola Petticrew<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/netflix-assassins-creed-series-casts-girl-with-a-dragon-tattoo-star-as-well-as-actors-from-mission-impossible-and-indiana-jones\">Noomi Rapace, Ramzy Bedia, Sean Harris and Corrado Invernizzi<\/a>, are Louis McCartney, Mirren Mack, Youssef Kerkour, Claes Bang and Sandra Guldberg-Kampp.<\/p>\n<p>Filming for the series is expected to run for seven months, wrapping in October. Netflix is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/world\/assassin-s-creed-netflix-series-set-in-ancient-rome-more-cast-revealed\/ar-AA1Z3gB8?ocid=BingNewsSerp\">said to be eyeing a 2027 release window<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Assassin's Creed TV cast\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Assassin's-Creed-TV-cast.jfif?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 0.8\" width=\"1080\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Assassin's Creed TV cast\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"Assassin's-Creed-TV-cast.jfif\" height=\"1350\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 0.8\" width=\"1080\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Netflix<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The streaming service&#8217;s Assassin&#8217;s Creed adaptation has been a long time coming, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/netflix-announces-assassins-creed-live-action-series\">was first announced in 2020<\/a>. The series is being helmed by Roberto Patino (DMZ, Westworld, Sons of Anarchy) and David Wiener (Halo, Homecoming, The Killing), who&#8217;ll serve as creators, showrunners, and executive producers on the show.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, on the video game side of things, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-official-as-artwork-revealed\">Ubisoft finally revealed some artwork for its not-very-secret-but-still-kinda-secret Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag remake earlier this month<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Assassin&#8217;s Creed Netflix&#8217;s Assassin&#8217;s Creed adaption will tell an original story, set over 1,400 years before the series&#8217; other trip to Italy, Assassin&#8217;s Creed 2 Rome is where the heart is. 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