EntertainmentStreamingNetflix’s Assassin’s Creed is officially set in ancient RomeProduction has begun in Italy, with full ensemble cast now announced.Matt TateContributing reporterFri, March 20, 2026 at 5:15 PM UTCNetflix’s live-action Assassin’s Creed show has entered production and will officially be set in Rome in the year 64AD, confirming previous reports.The upcoming adaptation, then, will return to the setting of 2010’s , although the latter’s story took place more than 1,000 years after the events we'll see in Netflix's show.Ubisoft confirmed in a press release that the Netflix series will tell an original story centered on a war between the Templar Order and the Assassin Brotherhood, who each have very different ideas on how the future of mankind should look.The full ensemble cast has also now been announced.Sandra Guldberg-Kampp (), Youssef Kerkour (), Mirren Mack (), and Louis McCartney (Broadway production ) have all been cast as recurring characters.
Netflix previously announced Lola Pettigrew () and Toby Wallace () as possible leads, along with a number of other series regulars.AdvertisementAdvertisementRoberto Patino (, ) and David Wiener (, ) are serving as creators, showrunners and executive producers on the show, which is primarily filming at Rome’s iconic Cinecittà Studios.No release date has been announced.won’t represent the first time that Netflix has adapted a Ubisoft property.2023’s was based on a expansion, and last year Sam Fisher made his TV debut in the broadly well received
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