With the Assassin's Creed movie release date slated on August 7 next year, fans of the movie are anxious if Michael Fassbender is a good fit for the role of Altair.
Michael Fassbender is confirmed to play Altair when the Assassin's Creed movie release date dawns next year. In light of rumors he's ditched the role, Fassbender speaks up and confirms he's still playing the part.
"I know, I love these rumors! It's fantastic. People talk about it, and they're hopefully interested. Nothing has changed, yeah. I'm still a part of Assassin's Creed, and we're working on the script as we speak. Actually, I'm going to go back and see the writers when I get back to Europe."
It's been reported Fassbender hasn't played the game before. He wasn't even aware the game existed before he was casted for the role. This shouldn't be a cause for worry to the fans, though. Fassbender hopes he'll do justice to the character when the Assassin's Creed movie release date pushes through in August 2015.
"You know, we absolutely want to respect the game, there's so much cool stuff in the game that we're actually spoiled for choice in terms of what we can use and what we can't, but we also want to bring new elements to it and perhaps our own version of things that already exist in the game. But we're definitely making a feature film, and we're approaching it as a feature film, as opposed to approaching it as a video game. But I love the world. I don't really play that many video games, but when I met up with the guys from Ubisoft and they started to explain this whole world and the idea of DNA memory -- you know, I think it's a very feasible scientific theory. I just thought, "This is so rich," and about the possibility of it being this cinematic experience. So I'm really excited about it, and we're working very hard to make sure that we've got the best and most exciting, original package."
Fassbender is working with Justin Kurzel to direct. Their history of collaboration (previously in a Macbeth adaptation) should make for an interesting Assassin's Creed movie release date (ign.com).
