Assassin's Creed Movie To Star Michael Fassbender In Lead Role. Acted In Prometheus and X-Men: First Class As Lensherr

Assassin's Creed: The Movie will star Michael Fassbender in the lead role. Exactly what role that will be is yet to be known, but one would assume he'll play either the assassin from a past era, or as Desmond.

Although it is not known how close the movie will follow the plot of the videogames, and whether or not it will star the same characters like Desmond Miles.

Michael Fassbender is known for roles in X-Men: First Class, Prometheus, Shame, Haywire and upcoming films Twelve Years A Slave and The Counselor. He also developed a movie with Conor McCaughan called Pitch Black Heist.

According to Variety, the plot of the Assassin's Creed film goes like this, "The plot revolves around a man who learns his ancestors were trained assassins after he is kidnapped by a secret org with ties to the Knights Templar, and sent back in time to retrieve historical artifacts."

The next game in the Assassin's Creed franchise is the core title Assassin's Creed 3, set during the American Revolution where players step into the shoes of a Native American named "Connor". The game will be released on October 30th 2012 for Xbox 360, PS3, PC and later for Wii U. It releases alongside an original PS Vita entry in the series (the first to star a female lead assassin named "Aveline") called "Assassin's Creed: Liberation".