History Trivia / AssassinsCreed2016

* BoxOfficeBomb: Like the other major video game movie release of 2016, ''Film/WarCraft'', the film didn't fare well domestically, having a $125 million budget and grossing about $54 million. As of now, it is not sure of the movie will break even internationally, having grossed a little over $210 million in total so far.

* DoingItForTheArt: The props department went through the trouble of creating working Hidden Blades that could extend and retract on camera because they felt that it was important to be as true to the mythos and setting as possible rather than simply relying on computer animation to get the desired effect.
** There's also the fact that all the sequences set in Spain are spoken entirely in Spanish.
** The Leap of Faith, rather than being done with CGI, was done for real by Michael Fassbender's stunt double specifically to avoid ConspicuousCG. At 125 feet, it's one of the longest freefalls ever done by a stuntman.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Like the other major video game movie release of 2016, ''Film/WarCraft'', the film didn't fare well domestically, having a $125 million budget and grossing about $54 million. As of now, it is not sure of the movie will break even internationally, having grossed $203 million in total so far.

** There's also the fact that all the sequences set in Spain will be spoken entirely in Spanish.

* ProductionPosse: This would be the second time director Justin Kurzel works with Creator/MichaelFassbender and Creator/MarionCotillard--since their first outing in the 2015 adaptation of ''{{Theatre/Macbeth}}''. Also, Justin Kurzel's older brother Jed composes all of his films' soundtracks since ''Snowtown'' in 2011, including ''Assassin's Creed''.

* ProductionPosse: This would be the second time director Justin Kurzel works with Creator/MichaelFassbender and Creator/MarionCotillard--since their first outing in the 2015 adaptation of ''{{Theatre/Macbeth}}''.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Like ''Film/WarCraft'', the film didn't fare well domestically, having a $125 million budget and grossing about $54 million. As of now, it is not sure of the movie will break even internationally, having grossed $203 million in total so far.

* TheCastShowoff: The guy who plays Torquemada's enforcer knight Ojeda, Hovik Keuchkerian, is a former national champion in both boxing and kickboxing, and he gets appropriately to feature some hand-to-hand fighting scenes against Fassbender's character.

* AllStarCast: Features Creator/MichaelFassbender, Creator/MarionCotillard, Creator/JeremyIrons, Creator/BrendanGleeson and Essie Davis.

* AllStarCast: Features Creator/MichaelFassbender, Creator/MarionCotillard and Creator/JeremyIrons.

* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: The film was announced in 2011, but was released on ''December 21, 2016'':

* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: The film was announced in 2011 but will be released on ''December 21, 2016'':

* ProductionPosse: This would be the second time director Justin Kurzel works with Creator/MichaelFassbender and Creator/MarionCotillard--since their first outing in the 2015 adaptation of ''Theatre/Macbeth''.

** The Leap of Faith, rather than being done with CGI, was done for real by Michael Fassbender's stunt double specifically to avoid ConspicuousGI. At 125 feet, it's one of the longest freefalls ever done by a stuntman.

* FakeNationality: The Irish-German Creator/MichaelFassbender [[ActingForTwo pulls double-duty]], playing both an American (Callum) and a Spaniard (Aguilar)

** There'a also the fact that all the sequences set in Spain will be spoken entirely in Spanish.

* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: The film was announced in 2011 but will be released in ''December 2016'':

** Actual production went smoothly, with principal photography wrapping in January 2016, with a firm December 2016 release date in place.

* DevelopmentHell: The film was announced in 2011 but will be released in ''December 2016'':

* DoingItForTheArt: The props department went through the trouble of creating working Hidden Blades that could extend and retract on camera because they felt that it was important to be as true to the mythos and setting as possible rather than simply relying on computer animation to get the desired effect.
* DyeingForYourArt: Creator/MichaelFassbender trained for six months in order to attain the muscular physique of a character used to running and jumping off rooftops and fighting dozens of mooks at once.

** Certain announcements made it appear as if filming was to begin in 2014 and a director, Justin Kurzel, was finally hired. However, further delays meant that principal photography didn't start until a year later in August, 2015. [[http://www.cinemablend.com/images/news/79547/_1440692773.jpg Teaser images then began being slowly released]].
** Actual production went smoothly, with principal photography wrapping in January, 2016, with a firm December, 2016 release date in place.

* DyeingForYourArt: Creator/MichaelFassbender trained for six months in order to attain the muscular physique of a character used to running and jumping off rooftops and fighting dozens of mooks at once.

* DevelopmentHell: The film was announced in 2011 but will be released ''December, 2016''.

* DoingItForTheArt: The props department went through the trouble of creating working Hidden Blades that could extend and retract on camera because they felt that it was important to be as true to the mythos and setting as possible rather than simply relying on computer animation to get the desired effect.