Netflix’s long-held plans to turn Assassin’s Creed into a live-action TV series have been detailed a little further today, with the reveal of its writing team.
As reported by Nexus Point News, a list of writing talent is now viewable via the Writer’s Guild of America (WGA), which lists the series as debuting during the upcoming 2025-2026 TV season, and some interesting names as being involved.
Among them is Emily St John Mandel, the award-winning novellist behind post-apocalyptic fiction bestsellers Station Eleven and The Glass Hotel, who also served as producer on the former’s HBO TV series adaptation.
This won’t be Mandel’s first foray into TV, either. Her WGA listing also notes that she is currently serving as Executive Story Editor on PlayStation’s upcoming God of War series.
Also writing for Netflix’s Assassin’s Creed series is playwright and screenwriter Sanaz Toossi, best known for her Iran-set play English that’s currently on Broadway.
Other writers include Sam Reynolds, a writer on The Walking Dead’s ill-fated young adult TV spin-off World Beyond, and Tom Hemmings, a producer on Paramount’s Halo TV series.
The series’ showrunners are listed as Halo TV executive producer David M Wiener and Roberto Patino, who served as executive producer on Westworld and showrunner for HBO miniseries DMZ.
Co-executive producers are Claire Kiechel, who has writing credits on HBO’s Watchmen and Star Wars series The Acolyte, and Jaquén Castellanos, a writer on Good American Family and The Affair.
Last month, Netflix gaming boss Alain Tascan revealed that the streamer’s Assassin’s Creed live action series was still in development, despite years of silence. Originally announced in 2020, few details have ever been officialy announced, though Die Hard writer Jeb Stuart was briefly attached for a while.