[dropcap size=dropcap]I[/dropcap]n the days of computers, 3D and CGI, film adaptations of video games are easier to produce than ever. And it seems that they are quite catchy among video gaming fans and even though they sometimes lack in good stories and characters, they are always a god way of turning fans into profit. For instance, I didn’t like Doom as a cinema-goer but I liked it as a Doom series fan. The same happened with Hitman.
However, I have other kinds of expectations from the Assassin’s Creed adaptation for the big screen and this is mostly because the game series is based on a good story. It has a better narrative part than most of the contemporary video games and the settings are formidable.
Needless to say that the story and the setting are the main reasons I am expecting this movie with butterflies in my stomach. And it seems I am not alone, as the news is traveling fast in the Assassin’s fan community. Therefore, I am – and will be – always eager to find out more about Assassin’s Creed, the movie. The first rumors were spread in 2011, after Sony registered 16 domain names with the movie title. Meanwhile, Ubisoft closed a deal with Fox and New Regency and thus, the big-screen adaptation got a real launch date.
Thus, the release date of the movie has been made public in a 20th Century Fox press release that gives us details on the company’s program for 2015. It was set to June 19, 2015. The story will develop around a bartender who is captured by a large corporation and sent into a quest to retrieve some powerful and dangerous artifacts. The film will feature Michael Fassbender, whom you met earlier in films like X-Men: First Class, Prometheus and Inglorious Basterds. It is not clear if he will take the lead role or an entirely new character.
However, not every video game benefits from a rich storyline and the beautiful settings of Assassin’s Creed. However, there are games and video games franchises out there who managed to become popular despite the fact they lack in narrative complexity. In this case, we will mention TempleRun a video game franchise that apparently has caught the eye of Warner Bros.
Rumor has it that producer David Heyman (the producer of the Harry Potter series) is in negotiations with Warner Bros. for adapting the video game Temple Run into a big screen production. We know nothing however about the movie’s base story, the cast or the main character. 2011 was the year Imangi Studios created the TempleRun app for mobile devices. In the present days, TempleRun is one of the most popular apps sold for mobile devices. The movie does not have a project release date yet, nor has it been confirmed. We’ll be back with good or bad news as soon as we’ll find more about this rumor.