Fassbender and Kurzel previously collaborated on Macbeth; with Assassin’s Creed so far promising a return of Kurzel’s intensely visceral, charged visual style.
Fox thinks it may have finally beaten the video game movie curse – bringing to screen one of the most fervently loved franchises around, Assassin’s Creed.
It’ll be interesting then to see how Kurzel works in the idea of the Animus and the bridge between present and past.
Assassin’s Creed is set for UK release 1 January 2017.