Assassin's Creed series for Netflix loses showrunner over “difference in vision”

Netflix is questioning the unwritten rule that says making good video game adaptations impossible. Castlevania, Arcane, Cuphead, and Cyberpunk: Edgerunners are proof that a quality product is possible. Okay, Resident Evil, Dragon Dogma, and other failed works remain in the gutter, but hey, the joys are there.

A franchise with as much cinematic or serial potential as Assassin's Creed already spent a shot with the 2016 film. At that time the cold water came as a shock because the artistic team in charge was top-notch (a year earlier, the director and starring cast had delivered a powerful Macbeth). That's why news like the one we bring you today is worrying.

Assassin's Creed in the spotlight

When important series or movie production members leave (whether amicably or not), something is not exactly going well. Remember the endless back-and-forth, without going any further, of the Uncharted movie, which resulted in a somewhat decaffeinated product.

Well, via an exclusive with Collider, we learn that Jeb Stuart, the showrunner of the series, has left the project due to a creative "difference in vision". Stuart himself comments:

"I think it was a little bit of a move of executives from LA to London, and it allowed the London group who, unfortunately, had to inherit my vision of what it was instead of getting to develop their own vision. So I think that's fair. I know it's going to be great whenever it comes out. I think the Ubisoft guys are fantastic. I think it's a terrific franchise. It was just a good, mutual time to move on for both sides."

We'll see how it all turns out, because the complicated issue is not only that the series is finally a good product for the public, but for Netflix itself. We already know how the platform does it lately.

Source | Collider