Marion Cotillard and Michael Fassbender in Assassin's Creed

Oscar winning actress Marion Cotillard has signed on to star with Michael Fassbender in the Justin Kurzel-directed “Assassin's Creed”, the live-action adaptation of the Ubisoft video game.

They also starred together in Macbeth, and Kurzel directed the film, which is slated to release this year.

The production house is keeping under wraps the role that Cotillard will play in “Assassin's Creed”. Like Fassbender, her role is meant to span multiple films if this one scores and becomes a franchise.

The production will begin in early fall for a December 21, 2016 release through Fox.

On the other hand, Regency and Ubisoft are also moving quickly on Splinter Cell, which Doug Liman will direct with Tom Hardy starring.

Source: Deadline