A Box Office Bomb of a Video Game Adaptation is Leaving HBO Max (And Soon)

The 2016 film Assassin’s Creed was intended to launch a movie franchise based on the popular Ubisoft video game series. The movie boasted a strong cast, including Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, and Jeremy Irons, and didn’t simply retell a game story, instead crafting a new one within the same world. Plans were already underway for two sequels, with one even in early development while the first film was being made. However, the movie was poorly received by both critics and audiences – it currently has a 18% rating on Rotten Tomatoes – and didn’t perform well financially, effectively ending any possibility of further films.







