What was the title of the 2016 live-action film based on Assassin's Creed?

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The 2016 live-action film based on the video-game series was titled Assassin's Creed.

Directed by Justin Kurzel, the film stars Michael Fassbender as Callum Lynch and Aguilar de Nerha. Callum is a modern man who uses an Animus system to experience the memories of Aguilar, an Assassin active in fifteenth-century Spain. The film creates an original story connected to the games rather than directly adapting one game's campaign.

Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, and Michael K. Williams also appear in the cast. The Spanish historical storyline is set during the period of the Spanish Inquisition, while the modern plot involves Abstergo Industries and the continuing Assassin-Templar conflict.

The film's title is sometimes confused with subtitles or game titles such as Origins, Unity, or Brotherhood. It has no subtitle in its official English title. The movie premiered in December 2016 and received a theatrical release in several markets around the end of that year.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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