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New streamer Binge is revving up for its 2022 launch by teaming up with Ubisoft for a live-action series adaptation of Driver, based on the popular video game franchise. The original Driver game, which first dropped in 1999 on PlayStation, centers undercover agent and ex-race car driver, John Tanner, whose mission is…

Netflix is looking to build an Assassin’s Creed TV universe. The streamer has entered into a content agreement with Ubisoft to develop live-action, animated, and anime series based on the international best-selling video game franchise. The first series in development is an epic, genre-bending live-action adaptation…

Netflix has teamed with Ubisoft for an anime series based on the Splinter Cell video game franchise, with John Wick writer Derek Kostad set to write and executive produce, Deadline has confirmed. First released in 2002, the Splinter Cell video game revolves around protagonist, Sam Fisher, a highly trained agent of a…

Ubisoft announced today three high-ranking executives have stepped down. The decision comes following an internal investigation in response to a string of allegations of sexual misconduct and toxic culture throughout the company. Chief Creative Officer Serge Hascoët is resigning from his position effective…

French video game giant Ubisoft Wednesday named IMG the first exclusive licensing agency for iconic franchises Assassin's Creed and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege in Europe and Asia. Assassin's Creed has more than 100 million unique players and 16 games released over the past decade IMG will expand its robust…

EXCLUSIVE: Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein, the team behind Amy Schumer comedy I Feel Pretty, have been set to write and direct an esports feature for Ubisoft Film & Television. The currently untitled project will chart the rise of a senior citizen esports team, i.e. a group of competitive video game players, as they…

EXCLUSIVE: Sam Richardson is about to feel the effects of a full moon. The Veep alum is set to star in the forthcoming horror-comedy Werewolves Within directed by Josh Ruben. The project will be based on the virtual reality video game by Ubisoft and adapted by screenwriter and bestselling author Mishna Wolff. Similar…

EXCLUSIVE:  We hear that Lionsgate has closed motion picture rights to produce a hybrid live-action movie based on Ubisoft's Rabbids video game franchise. Mandeville Films’ Todd Lieberman and David Hoberman, who were behind such mega hits as Beauty and the Beast and Wonder are producing with Jason Altman and Margaret…

EXCLUSIVE: In competitive bidding, Screen Gems has acquired motion picture rights to Just Dance, the wildly popular Ubisoft video game. Screen Gems will develop a film based on a franchise that is the bestselling music video game of all time, with 120 million players worldwide in all age ranges. Multiple studios…

“Have you ever dreamed of exploring someone else’s consciousness, exploring their deep dark thoughts?” Such were Elijah Wood’s pitch today at Ubisoft’s E3 presentation at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown L.A., where he revealed an extended look at the VR game Transference he’s been in production on over the last few…

Video game publisher Ubisoft and Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s creative collaborative platform HitRECord are partnering up and inviting the latter’s online community of artists to create assets for future video games, starting with Ubisoft’s multiplayer RPG title Beyond Good and Evil 2.  Gordon-Levitt appeared onstage today…

Don Winslow and Shane Salerno, who co-wrote the script for Oliver Stone’s Savages based on Winslow’s novel and are co-writing again for Winslow’s The Cartel — are back together again. The pair has teamed to create the cartel-themed narrative for Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands, the latest video game in Ubisoft…