justinkurzel

Adapting Assassin's Creed. I think the fans are probably more passionate than Shakespeare fans.

Visually it's a great looking period that hasn't been explored in the games before and we wanted to find a time of great turbulence and the religious persecution that was occurring at this time and place in history was perfect for the brotherhood of Assassin's to fight against.

So we're very lucky that we had a hardcore fan designing the weaponry in Tim Wildgoose. He recreated all the blades from original designs reflecting the Moorish look of the Assassin's costumes. Each blade was practical which allowed the actors to use them within the take. The guy's a genius and we're very proud of the execution of all our Assassin's blades.

I think it's always tricky adapting from a source material at times which might not have enough behind it to sustain a compelling narrative. Fortunately, Assassin's Creed has a world behind it with big ideas, visually unique and compelling ideologies. It's just great material for a film, so hopefully it can be something for fans and also those that are not familiar with this universe.

Hi Feebleweak: I used to play a lot of games in my teens, i didn't play AC before coming on to do the film but then I had a pretty great AC bootcamp in Paris with an Olympian gamer who shared with me the brilliance of this game. I was extremely surprised by the level of depth and complexity in the game and thought it had an amazing amount of meat on the bone to do a film. It's been a pleasure to be a part of the community and can't wait for the fans to see the film.