Assassin's Creed' Series Loses Showrunner Jeb Stuart [Exclusive)

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Netflix has been releasing several video game adaptations over the last few years in both animation and live-action that have done a lot to change the idea of video game adaptations being bad. These include critically acclaimed series like Castlevania, Arcane, and most recently the incredible Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. The streaming service also has a number of upcoming projects, among these upcoming projects is a series adaptation of Ubisoft's flagship franchise Assassin's Creed. We previously reported the series would see Die Hard and The Fugitive writer and showrunner of Vikings: Valhalla, Jeb Stuart, acting as series showrunner, but a recent update indicates that he has left the project.

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The original announcement of the Netflix series was made back in September 2022 during the Ubisoft Forward Livestream when the series was described as an "epic, genre-bending live-action adaptation" by Marc-Alexis Côté, VP Executive Producer of Assassin's Creed, though the finer details of the series' plot haven't been revealed. The series is still in early development with Ubisoft Film and Television producing the show alongside Netflix. The new showrunner for the series has not yet been revealed. This Netflix series will be the third live-action adaptation of Assassin's Creed following Assassin's Creed Lineage, a short film released to promote Assassin's Creed II, and 2016's theatrical feature film adaptation simply titled Assassin's Creed starring Michael Fassbender.