"Bringing aboard New Regency’s renowned production and distribution expertise while maintaining our own creative and financial flexibility ensures that Assassin’s Creed will be a high-quality film that respects the lore and fans of the video game franchise," Ubisoft Motion Pictures CEO Jean-Julien Baronnet said in a statement.

Fassbender just wrapped work on New Regency's Twelve Years a Slave, which he made with his Hunger and Shame director Steve McQueen. Largely an indie film actor, he has one other franchise under his belt, as he stars as Magneto in the X-Men series reboot. He also featured in Ridley Scott's Prometheus this summer.

New Regency has the Mark Wahlberg thriller Broken City and the Owen Wilson-Vince Vaughn comedy The Internship on the way.