Assassin’s Creed ($36,493,344)

UltimateMarvel wrote:It looks great but it could go either way.

I also don't understand why he has the blades in the Animus. Unless he is just demonstrating what he's learned from his ancestor.

Historical Scenes in Assassin’s Creed to be in Spanish

Yes, you did read that right. Or, more appropriately ‘Si.’ All of the historical sequences of the Assassin’s Creed movie have been shot in Spanish. While the split between history and modern day is reversed in comparison to the games and there’s more in the 21st century than the 15th, this is still a big surprise. Hello, subtitles.

“I just love the fact [production company] New Regency embraced it,” director Justin Kurzel explains in the new issue of Total Film magazine. “We did play around with English as well, but it was really obvious what you wanted as soon as you went back and started speaking beautiful Spanish. It really adds an exoticness and richness to the film.”

The games have sometimes had an almost comedic approach to accents, especially with the cockney sounding guards stalking the streets of French Revolution Paris. Italian Ezio Auditore too has always had a, well, questionable accent but it looks like Kurzel is focussing on realism for far more than just combat.

The historical sequences, including a dramatic flaming scene where the Assassins are almost burnt at the stake during the auto-de-fe, are packed with painful looking hand to hand combat. Add in the very real wire free eagle dive I watched on the Assassin’s Creed movie set in Spain and there’s a realism here that no one could have expected. The movie is also currently influencing the dev teams as it's been revealed that the Assassin's Creed movie's robot claw animus  might end up in the games.

Justin Kurzel’s “Assassin’s Creed” is the next film attempting to break the curse and deliver a great film adaptation of a video game, something that hasn’t yet happened despite a handful of decent attempts (“Prince of Persia,” “Mortal Kombat,” “Silent Hill”).

Set for release in December, the “Macbeth” and “Snowtown” director has seemingly all the right elements in place – an excellent cast led by Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard, a strong cinematic property, and a story that isn’t a direct adaptation so much as one set in that universe and reportedly doesn’t feel the need to be slavish to fan service.

It also boasts a suitably epic runtime. An Empire Cinemas posting indicates that the film clocks in at a hefty 140 minute runtime – easily making it not just the longest film based on a game of the year (ahead of “Warcraft” at 123 minutes), but the longest film adaptation of video game to date. The previous record holder was 2014’s “Need for Speed” at 130 minutes.

A new trailer for the film is expected out in the next few weeks, and the movie itself hits cinemas on December 21st.

UltimateMarvel wrote:I read today that this was the worst movie he's ever made. lol They are hammering on this movie.