Michael Fassbender Could Reunite With MACBETH Director Justin Kurzel For ASSASSIN'S CREED

Deadline reports that New Regency and Ubisoft are in-talks with Justin Kurzel to direct Assassin's Creed. It would see Kurzel re-teamed with Micheal Fassbender, as the pair recently worked together on a new cinematic version of Shakespeare's Macbeth. The Australian director also earned acclaim for his indie crime thriller The Snowtown Murders.



Swedish director Daniel Espinosa (Snabba Cash, Safe House) has been previously in the mix to direct, but that seemingly didn't work out. He instead went with the thriller Blood On The Snow, which is setup at Warner Bros.

SOURCE: DEADLINE

Ubisoft Developing GHOST RECON Movie, ASSASSIN'S CREED And SPLINTER CELL Aiming For Late 2014 Releases?

Gaming company Ubisoft is looking to change our perceptions on video game film adaptations. They recently packaged two high-profiled projects Assassin's Creed (Michael Fassbender attached) and Splinter Cell (Tom Hardy attached) setup at New Regency. They'll be closely involved with the films' development and are already working on the next one.

TheLATimes interviewed Jean-Julien Baronnet who is the head of Ubisoft's Motion Picture division. He was the former head of Luc Besson's company EuropaCorp, a company best known for many action fuelled movies. Ghost Recon is the next property they want to make into a film. They are hoping to having Creed and Splinter released by late 2014 by the earliest. Their budgets coming in over $100 million a piece and are currently searching for directors. Another known actor should be expected to be attached to Ghost Recon before shopping to studios, I assume that New Regency will have first dibs on it.

ASSASSIN'S CREED Film Starring Michael Fassbender Lands At New Regency

HeatVision reports that the live-action adaptation of Assassin's Creed which has Michael Fassbender attached to produce and star has landed at New Regency. There is no word on a director or release date but it's starting to coming together nicely.

'FRAGGLE ROCK' Film Gets 'RANGO' Writer

HeatVision reports New Regency is finally moving forward with the Fraggle Rock film, likely due to the success of the recent Muppets movie. The musical puppet show from the Henson Company focuses on group of young cave dwelling creatures. Writers Jim Byrkit and Alex Manugian have been hired to develop a screenplay. Byrkit was given story credit for Rango which won Best Animated Feature at the 2012 Oscars. Let's just hope they stick to puppets and don't cheapen out with CGI.

Gemma Arterton Joins 'RUNNER RUNNER' Starring Ben Affleck And Justin Timberlake

ShowBlitz reports that British actress Gemma Arterton (Disappearance of Alice Creed, RockNRolla) joins gambling thriller Runner Runner which stars Justin Timberlake (Social Network), Ben Affleck (The Town, Argo) and Anthony Mackie (Hurt Locker). The film is from the writers of the amazing gambling 90's flick Rounders which starred Matt Damon and Edward Norton. Timberlake plays a Princeton student cheated out of his tuition money playing online poker who ends up the right-hand man of the site's corrupt boss (Affleck). Arterton plays Timberlake's love interest. Arterton had been recently linked to Iron Man 3 as a possible addition to the cast until Rebecca Hall was locked in.

Russell Crowe Confirmed For Aronofsky's Noah, Shooting In July

Deadline is now confirming that Russell Crowe will indeed play the title role in Darren Aronofsky's Noah. The biblical epic is based on the graphic novel co-written by Darren himself and was adapted by John Logan (Last Samurai, Skyfall, Gladiator). It will start production this July but has yet to cast any of the other roles even though Liam Neeson had been wanted for a role.