The Assassin's Creed film has officially entered production and will begin shooting soon.

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Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot shared the news during today's company earnings call. Guillemot called the event "a very important milestone for the project."You can watch the Assassin's Creed film when it's released on December 21, 2016.The film's star, Michael Fassbender, said he has never played an Assassin's Creed game , though he finds the premise "interesting.""...I’d heard of it but had never played the game," Fassbender said. "I don’t have a video game player … that’s not what they’re called. [Laughs] I met up with the guys from Ubisoft and they told me the story behind it, and I thought it was very interesting—the idea of reliving memories.”

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