Steven Spielberg Turned Down Assassin's Creed Movie

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DreamWorks was among studios who passed. Here's why.
November 3, 2011

Why did so many studios -- including Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks -- pass on the Assassin's Creed movie, which Sony ended up making a deal with Ubisoft to develop and distribute?

Citing various unnamed insiders at some of the studios that passed on the project, Vulture reports it was largely a matter of creative control. The deal allows Ubisoft approval over everything from budget and script to casting and the release date. "They want to be able to pull the plug on the whole movie's development if they decide to. It's ridiculous," said one boss at a studio that dropped out of the bidding.

Another studio exec involved said that while they understand Ubisoft's need to guard their baby, "they're not moviemakers, and the only way to make sure it's a bad movie is to undervalue what movie studios do — and this is a deal that totally undervalues what movie studios do."

A Hollywood agent who represents a different game company put it more bluntly: "The whole Ubisoft/Sony deal is a waste of ink, paper and time. The level of control Sony gave up means, effectively, that Assassin's Creed will never — and I mean never — get made."

So why did Sony say yes? Vulture says it's because Ubisoft is footing most of the development costs so Sony is only looking at a small percentage of expenses on a movie with broad-based appeal and a built-in fanbase. Time will tell who made the right bet.​

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[Zaxelzero]

Hmm, steve would ruin it anyways, add some aliens or some shit.
****ing indiana jones RIP =[

 

[Alphonse Elric]

I don't want a AC movie either tbh. o.o They should just stick to the game and not movies.

 

[I Am Pein]

ok so there is assasins creed movie coming?

 

[Majora]

Was it Peter Jackson who was going to made a Halo movie(s)? OT..

 

[Selendrile]

Leave it as the game. If the move is a fail, it will ruin the entire franchise.

 

[aradmehr]

yeah it will but if the movie is a hit it will make the sales twice.its a biiiig gamble so they better make the movie a good one.im looking forward to it.

 

[LielieS]

Sounds kinda neat. They did make "Lineage", a 30-minute shortfilm and I totally loved that. It showed Giovanni just moments before he was killed; how he went on about his day, what his job was and all. If they can pull off something like that, I'm all for it. But as some say, they might ruin everything. Would that have a lot of effect on the fanbase, though? Game is game, after all.

 

[Zanji]

To be honest a movie based on this great game would be absolutely horrible seeing as making movies based on games has a general 75% chance that it will crash harder than the stock market :/

But also if I remember correctly Spielberg is also working with another director to create Jurassic Park 4

 

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To be honest a movie based on this great game would be absolutely horrible seeing as making movies based on games has a general 75% chance that it will crash harder than the stock market :/

But also if I remember correctly Spielberg is also working with another director to create Jurassic Park 4

i heard it was jurassic park 5

 

[Zanji]

i heard it was jurassic park 5

How could there be a 5 if there was never a 4

Spielberg I believe has been wanting to make the movie for about 5 years now but has been unable to get the co-director he wanted.

Right now they are not sure if they want it to be a continuation of the already existing story, another spin off, or a reboot.

it seems the "Reboot" is a highly addictive thing amongst most creators these days

 

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How could there be a 5 if there was never a 4

Spielberg I believe has been wanting to make the movie for about 5 years now but has been unable to get the co-director he wanted.

Right now they are not sure if they want it to be a continuation of the already existing story, another spin off, or a reboot.

it seems the "Reboot" is a highly addictive thing amongst most creators these days

oh well ok but i do remember saying they stopped the project because i think there were not up to it at the moment

 

[Hawker]

To be honest a movie based on this great game would be absolutely horrible seeing as making movies based on games has a general 75% chance that it will crash harder than the stock market :/

make it 90% ...sad but true