Ubisoft Finally Reveals the Full Cast and Setting of Netflix’s Assassin’s Creed

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Just as the one-year mark of Assassin’s Creed Shadows arrived, Ubisoft announced where the upcoming Netflix Assassin’s Creed series will be set and who will be starring in it.

Netflix and Ubisoft have worked together on Assassin’s Creed projects since 2016, but the live-action series didn’t start full development until 2020. At the same time, they also began working on both an animated and an anime Assassin’s Creed series.

Although we don’t yet know much about the animated AC show, Ubisoft and Netflix have been gradually sharing details and casting news for the live-action series for the past few months.

There’s been talk that the new show would be set in ancient Rome, specifically around 54 C.E. Now, Ubisoft and Netflix have confirmed that it will indeed be set in ancient Rome, but in 64 C.E.

The Setting of Netflix’s Assassin’s Creed

Netflix’s upcoming Assassin’s Creed series is set in Ancient Rome in 64 C.E. and is now filming at Cinecitta Studios in Rome, Italy, according to Tudum, Netflix’s official news source.

While the show’s plot and which historical figures will be featured are still a mystery, the year 64 C.E. is significant because it was when the Great Fire of Rome took place. This devastating fire burned for nine days and destroyed roughly three-quarters of the city.

The cause of the fire remains a mystery, but many people at the time – and historians since – suspected that Emperor Nero deliberately started it. The theory is that he wanted to clear space to rebuild Rome with buildings designed in a Greek style.

Ubisoft and Netflix have announced their new show will be set in Ancient Rome in the year 64 C.E.

After the fire, Nero falsely accused Christians of starting it. He then had thousands arrested, and almost a thousand Christians were brutally executed as a form of public spectacle and punishment.

There were rumors that Nero would play a major role in the AC series, and it now appears he could be a villain. He might be connected to the Order of the Ancients, an earlier version of the Templar Order.

From what I’ve gathered, the show is still about following these characters through major moments in history as they try to decide the fate of humanity. That could mean we’ll see the story of Nero’s downfall and the chaos that followed – the whole ‘Year of the Four Emperors’ thing – or maybe they’ll jump around to different important events throughout the later days of Rome. It sounds like they’ve got a lot of options!

While Rome appears in the series, it hasn’t been a major focus often. Aya briefly visited the city in to assassinate Julius Caesar in 44 B.C.E., and the game takes place there in the early 1500s, but otherwise, the ancient city hasn’t been explored much.

The Cast and Crew of Netflix’s Assassin’s Creed

I’m so excited – Ubisoft finally revealed where the show takes place, and also who’s going to be in it! Even better, it’s being led by some seriously talented people. Roberto Patino, who worked on Westworld, is a showrunner, and so is David Wiener, who helped make the Halo show for Paramount+ – I have a really good feeling about this!

The full cast includes:

  • Lola Petticrew
  • Toby Wallace
  • Zachary Hart
  • Laura Marcus
  • Tanzyn Crawford
  • Nabhaan Rizwan
  • Claes Bang
  • Noomi Rapace
  • Ramzy Bedia
  • Sean Harris
  • Corrado Invernizzi
  • Sandra Guldberg-Kampp
  • Youseff Kerkour
  • Mirren Mack
  • Louis McCartney

We don’t yet know what roles the actors will play, but Petticrew, Wallace, Hart, Marcus, Crawford, Rizwan, and Bang will all be main cast members. This suggests some of them will portray members of both the Hidden Ones and the Order of the Ancients, alongside historical characters like Nero.

Okay, so the Assassin’s Creed Netflix series doesn’t have a firm release date yet, which isn’t super surprising since they just started filming. But if I had to guess, based on how these things usually go, I’m thinking we’ll probably see it around mid to late 2027. That would be perfect timing, actually – it’s the 20th anniversary of the Assassin’s Creed games, so it’d be a cool way to celebrate!

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2026-03-21 04:10