Assassin’s Creed movie gets late 2016 release date

Ubisoft has about two years to ensure Michael Fassbender’s face won’t melt in the Assassin’s Creed movie.

The publisher’s film-production division, Ubisoft Motion Pictures, and distributor New Regency announced today that the Assassin’s Creed film hits theaters Dec. 21, 2016, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Fassbender (Magneto in X-men: Days of Future Past) is the lead actor, and Snowtown director Justin Kurzel helms the adaptation of the open-world game. Kurzel will work from a script from Tower Heist writers Adam Cooper & Bill Collage and Macbeth (2015) screenwriter Michael Lesslie. Fassbender and Kurzel are working together right now that Macbeth effort.