Netflix’s upcoming live-action Assassin’s Creed series will star British-born Australian actor Toby Wallace and be set in Italy, it’s been reported.
Wallace will play one of the show’s two leading roles, Deadline has reported, without further information on who exactly this might be.
Still, word that the series will be filmed and set in Italy has unsurprisingly sparked a mountain of speculation among Assassin’s Creed fans, many of whom still see dashing Renaissance hero Ezio Auditore da Firenze as the long-running franchise’s star.
However, Deadline’s report also notes that the series is set to follow a different set of characters than those featured in the Assassin’s Creed video games, while still set within its shared universe. A time period for the show’s historical setting is also to be confirmed — so maybe don’t pin your hopes on seeing Wallace hang out with Leonardo da Vinci just yet.
If you’re wondering where you might have seen Wallace previously, the 30-year-old actor has a string of credits to his name, including a turn in 2024 historical horror film Eden, and a lead role in Pistol, Danny Boyle’s Sex Pistols TV series. The actor has also just joined the main cast of HBO series Euphoria for its next season.
Back in July, Netflix surprised Assassin’s Creed fans by announcing it was finally ready to move forward with its live-action series, five years on from when the project was first announced. Roberto Patino and David Wiener, previously showrunners on DMZ and Halo, respectively, will serve as creators, showrunners and executive producers on the series, alongside input from Ubisoft.
“Beneath the scope, the spectacle, the parkour and the thrills is a baseline for the most essential kind of human story — about people searching for purpose, struggling with questions of identity and destiny and faith,” Patino and Wiener said in a joint statement.
“It is about power and violence and sex and greed and vengeance,” the pair continued. “But more than anything, this is a show about the value of human connection, across cultures, across time. And it’s about what we stand to lose as a species, when those connections break.”
Netflix has yet to state when its live-action Assassin’s Creed series will eventually air.
Back in the world of video games, it is a typically busy time for the Assassin’s Creed saga. This year’s Assassin’s Creed Shadows launched a new update this week with an Attack on Titan crossover. 2023’s Assassin’s Creed Mirage, meanwhile, just added a major new expansion that Ubisoft offered to fans for free, reportedly paid for by Saudi funding. Looking ahead, the company is expected to launch its long-awaited Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag remaster before the end of March 2026.
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