Marion Cotillard Will Star Opposite Michael Fassbender in ASSASSIN'S CREED

At one point, the Assassin's Creed live-action film starring Michael Fassbender was scheduled to come out this year, but it's since been pushed back to December 21st, 2016. In my article talking about that rescheduled release date, I mentioned that the film could use something like Inception as a template for translating the pretty out-there story elements from the game to the big screen, and now Deadline reports that the filmmakers may be taking that suggestion to heart: Inception star Marion Cotillard has just signed on as the film's female lead.

They're keeping her role under wraps, but I could see her playing tech guru Rebecca Crane, or maybe a female assassin. I doubt she'd play Lucy Stillman, since the game's version of that character is so closely tied with Kristen Bell (the actress provided both the voice and her likeness for the character). It's tough to speculate, since the filmmakers haven't released a logline for the film and we aren't sure which game (or games) the movie will be based on. I just hope Cotillard isn't relegated to a boring "love interest" character - she's much too interesting to get stuck in a role like that.

As Deadline notes, this project is now a full-on reunion of Macbeth, the upcoming film that stars Fassbender and Cotillard and was directed by Assassin's Creed helmer Justin Kurzel. That project will be released later this year, and filming on Assassin's Creed reportedly begins in early fall. Are you excited to see Fassbender and Cotillard in this movie?