Michael Fassbender is to star in and produce a film based on the video game franchise Assassin's Creed, reports Variety.

The game, about a bartender who learns that he is a descendant of famous assassins after being kidnapped by the Knights Templar, has sold more than 30 million units.

Fans of the game reacted to the news on Twitter. One wrote:


Sean Foster
Michael Fassbender starring in and producing an Assassin’s Creed feature film is great news to me.

And another said:


Caleb Gardner
ok, everybody. Michael Fassbender will be starring in the movie adaption of Assassin's Creed. no words to express my joy. no words.

Fassbender, who recently starred in Shame and Ridley Scott's Prometheus, will co-produce the film project with his DMC Film partner Conor McCaughan and Ubisoft Motion Pictures.

So far there have been two Assassin's Creed games - one taking place during the Crusades, the other during the Renaissance - with a third one set for release in October

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