'Assassin's Creed' Movie News, Trailer Spoilers, Release Date Rumors - Michael Fassbender's Video Game Adaptation Pushed To 2016 After Production Delays

By Jon Niles | Sep 19, 2014 03:14 PM EDT

The Michael Fassbender Assassin's Creed movie has been pushed from its original 2015 release date to 2016 according to new reports. 20th Century Fox official took the film off of its release schedule for next year, affecting other movies in from the filmmaking company as well.

This delay also affects the upcoming Fantastic Four reboot. Read our previous coverage on that HERE!

This news comes right on the heels of the release date announcement of Deadpool. Read more HERE!

The Hollywood Reporter says:

The adaptation of the Ubisoft video game, starring Michael Fassbender, was set to open Aug. 7 but won't be ready in time, according to insiders. The script has gone through several rewrites, while the production itself has grappled with scheduling issues. Fox insiders say Assassin's Creed will now hit theaters in 2016.

MStars News previously reported on an update on Assassin's Creed from Michael Fassbender himself. Here is an excerpt:

"We absolutely want to respect the game. There's so much cool stuff in the game that we're actually spoiled for choice in terms of what we can use and what we can't, but we also want to bring new elements to it and perhaps our own version of things that already exist in the game," he explained. "But we're definitely making a feature film, and we're approaching it as a feature film, as opposed to approaching it as a video game. But I love the world. I don't really play that many video games, but when I met up with the guys from Ubisoft and they started to explain this whole world and the idea of DNA memory - you know, I think it's a very feasible scientific theory."

Read more HERE

(via The Hollywood Reporter)

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