Say Nothing star Lola Petticrew has been tapped as the co-lead opposite Toby Wallace in Netflix’s Assassin’s Creed live-action series, based on Ubisoft’s best-selling video game franchise.
Assassin’s Creed is a high-octane thriller centered on the secret war between two shadowy factions — one set on determining mankind’s future through control and manipulation, while the other fights to preserve free will. The series follows its characters — said to be different from the games — across pivotal historical events as they battle to shape humanity’s destiny.
Details about Petticrew’s series regular role are being kept under wraps. The series is expected to start production in 2026 in Italy, which, as Deadline has reported, serves as a setting of the series, with the exact time period unclear.
Roberto Patino and David Wiener serve as showrunners on Assassin’s Creed, which stems from a deal Netflix signed with Ubisoft in 2020. They executive produce with Gerard Guillemot, Margaret Boykin, Austin Dill, Genevieve Jones for Ubisoft Film & Television, and Matt O’Toole.
With more than 230 million units sold, the Assassin’s Creed franchise is one of the best-selling series in video game history.
For their starring role in FX’s limited series Say Nothing, Petticrew was just nominated for an Independent Spirit Award in the Best Lead Performance In a New Scripted Series category and previously won the Irish Film & Television Award for Best Lead Actress and received a Best Actress BAFTA Television Award nomination.
Petticrew recently played the lead in Channel 4’s series adaptation of Louise Kennedy’s novel Trespasses, starring opposite Gillian Anderson, and is wrapping production on Liz Meriwether’s upcoming Hulu series Furious (aka Black Widow). Petticrew, whose break came playing the title role opposite Julia Louis-Dreyfus in the 2023 indie Tuesday, is repped by CAA, Range Media Partners, UK’s B-Side Management and Sloane Offer Weber & Dern.
From Deadline.com