History Trivia / AssassinsCreed2016

* AllStarCast: Features Michael Fassbender, Creator/MarionCotillard, Creator/JeremyIrons, Creator/BrendanGleeson, Creator/EssieDavis and, for Spain, Javier Gutiérrez.

* StillbornFranchise: The chances to see a movie sequel, which were already meager due to its cost vs box office results, decreased dramatically when Creator/{{Disney}} execs axed most of the Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox movie development slate in August 2019, including the sequel project.

* ApprovalOfGod: The leading creatives of ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' at Creator/UbiSoft loved the film's production design and have said that they will try to incorporate the film's version of the Animus into future games of the franchise (though two games have been released since, ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOrigins Origins]]'', ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOdyssey Odyssey]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedValhalla Valhalla]]'', and none of them features that Animus design).

* ApprovalOfGod: The leading creatives of ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' at Creator/UbiSoft loved the film's production design and have said that they will try to incorporate the film's version of the Animus into future games of the franchise (though two games have been released since, ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOrigins Origins]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOdyssey Odyssey]]'', and none of them features that Animus design).

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

* DeletedRole: Among the Assassin descendants in Abstergo headquarters there was originally a young girl named Lara (played by Octavia-Selena Alexandru) who inherited memories from Maria. Her entire subplot was edited out very late in development, but her scenes are included in the home release of the movie.

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

** Callum was going to be the sole survivor of the Abstergo revolt, but test audiences found the ending too dark and it was changed to one in which five of the Assassins survived, including Nathan and Lara. After many other changes, this was trimmed down to just three, with Nathan being killed in the battle and Lara edited out of the film. (Also, a version of the ending had Callum seeing a ghostly image of his mother a last time.)

* StillbornFranchise: The chances to see a movie sequel, which were already meager due to its cost vs box office results, decreased dramatically when Creator/{{Disney}} execs axed most of the Fox movie development slate in August 2019, including the sequel project.

* ActingForTwo: Creator/MichaelFassbender played both Callum Lynch and his ancestor, Aguilar de Nerha.

* ActingForTwo: Creator/MichaelFassbender plays both Callum Lynch and his ancestor, Aguilar de Nerha.

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

* AllStarCast: Features Creator/MichaelFassbender, Creator/MarionCotillard, Creator/JeremyIrons, Creator/BrendanGleeson, Creator/EssieDavis and, for Spain, Javier Gutiérrez.

* ApprovalOfGod: The leading creatives of ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' at Creator/UbiSoft loved the film's production design and have said that they will try to incorporate the film's version of the Animus into future games of the franchise.

* TheCastShowoff: The guy who plays Ojeda, Hovik Keuchkerian, is a former Spanish champion in both boxing and kickboxing, and he gets appropriately to give a couple punches to Fassbender's character in fight scenes. He also said in an interview that he found the filmic style of swordfighting very similar to the movements done in boxing.

* ApprovalOfGod: The leading creatives of ''Assassin's Creed'' at Creator/UbiSoft loved the film's production design and have said that they will try to incorporate the film's version of the Animus into future games of the franchise.

* AllStarCast: Features Creator/MichaelFassbender, Creator/MarionCotillard, Creator/JeremyIrons, Creator/BrendanGleeson, Essie Davis and, in Spain, Javier Gutiérrez.

* ApprovalOfGod: Ubisoft loved the film's production design and have said that they will try to incorporate the film's version of the Animus into future ''Assassin's Creed'' games.

* DeletedRole: Among the Assassin descendants in Abstergo headquarters there was originally a young girl named Lara (played by Octavia-Selena Alexandru) who descended from Maria, the female Assassin that shows up in the Animus regressions. Her entire subplot was edited out very late in development, but her scenes are included in the home release of the movie.

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

** The first draft of the movie included a subplot in which Callum would meet a spunky teenaged descendant of Maria named Lara. She would be shown to have a mother-daughter relationship with Sophia, as well as somewhat of an oracular role by predicting events via paper fortune teller, but she would betray Sophia to escape with Callum and the other Assassins. In fact, she even appeared in the first version of the final scene with the other three Assassins jumping down the roof. All those scenes were filmed, with Octavia-Selena Alexandru playing her, but they were ultimately cut from the final product because producers considered that her character complicated things too much.

* AllStarCast: Features Creator/MichaelFassbender, Creator/MarionCotillard, Creator/JeremyIrons, Creator/BrendanGleeson and Essie Davis. Javier Gutiérrez counts too, in Spain at least.

* TheCastShowoff: The guy who plays Ojeda, Hovik Keuchkerian, is a former Spanish champion in both boxing and kickboxing, and he gets appropriately to feature some fighting scenes against Fassbender's character. He said in an interview that he found the filmic style of swordfighting very similar to the movements done in boxing.

* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: The film was first announced in 2011, but was released on December 21, 2016.
** Sony Pictures was originally going to produce and distribute the film and Michael Fassbender was quickly attached to the project.
** The deal between Sony and Ubisoft broke apart in 2012 because Ubisoft wanted to maintain absolute creative control and Sony was unwilling to do so with such an expensive project. New Regency stepped in to produce while Fox took over distribution.
** It wasn't until 2013 that a writer became attached to the project and work began on the script. The screenplay then went through numerous changes by a number of script doctors.
** 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 21, 2016 release date in place.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A young girl being held by Abstergo with several scenes was cut very late in development, including a filmed depiction of her escaping with the other Assassins. She would have been a descendant of Maria, the female Assassin that shows up in the Animus regressions.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Like the other major video game movie release of 2016, ''Film/WarCraft'', the film didn't fare well in the [=US=], having a $125 million budget and grossing about $54 million (releasing the week after ''Film/RogueOne'' probably did most of the damage). It fared much better internationally, grossing 158.8 million outside the [=US=] as of Feb 5th 2017. Global grossing reached 240 million.

* ApprovalOfGod: Ubisoft loved the film's production design and have said that they will try to incorporate the film's version of the Animus into future Assassin's Creed games.

* CastingGag: Javier Gutiérrez, who plays Inquisitor Torquemada in the movie, originally broke out in Spain by playing the sidekick of a notorious Assassin {{Expy}} in the uber-popular TV series ''Series/AguilaRoja''. If it is not hilarious enough, their characters even had to fight the Spanish Inquisition in several episodes.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Like the other major video game movie release of 2016, ''Film/WarCraft'', the film didn't fare well in the [=US=], having a $125 million budget and grossing about $54 million (releasing the week after ''Film/RogueOne'' probably did most of the damage). It fared much better internationally, grossing 158.8 million outside the [=US=] as of Feb 5th 2017. By March 7th 2017, global grossing reached 238 million.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A young girl being held by Abstergo with several scenes was cut very late in development, including a filmed depiction of her escaping with the other Assassins. She would have been a descendant of Maria, the female Assassin that shows up in the flashbacks.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Like the other major video game movie release of 2016, ''Film/WarCraft'', the film didn't fare well in the [=US=], having a $125 million budget and grossing about $54 million (releasing the week after ''Film/RogueOne'' probably did most of the damage). It fared much better internationally, grossing 158.8 million outside the [=US=] as of Feb 5th 2017.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Like the other major video game movie release of 2016, ''Film/WarCraft'', the film didn't fare well in the [=US=], having a $125 million budget and grossing about $54 million. It fared much better internationally, grossing 158.8 million outside the [=US=] as of Feb 5th 2017.