{"id":356213,"date":"2026-03-20T14:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T14:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/356213\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T14:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T14:06:08","slug":"setting-time-period-as-series-starts-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/356213\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting &#038; Time Period As Series Starts Production"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAfter months of speculation, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/netflix\/\" id=\"auto-tag_netflix\" data-tag=\"netflix\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Netflix<\/a> has confirmed that its Assassin\u2019s Creed series is set in Ancient Rome. The location became clear months ago when it was revealed that the adaptation of the video game will film in Rome, Italy. The time period was not that obvious since the games span events from ancient history to the early 20th century. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe TV series will tell an original story nor covered in the games which will be set in Rome 64 AD. The year, associated with the Great Fire of Rome, falls during the reign of Emperor Nero. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tProduction has begun with filming taking place primarily at Cinecitt\u00e0 Studios, expanding upon the established Ancient Rome back lot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tRounding out the ensemble cast are four more recurring players: Sandra Guldberg-Kampp (Foundation, The Rain, Electric Child), Youssef Kerkour (A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms), Mirren Mack (Hedda, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple) and Louis McCartney (Stranger Things: The First Shadow).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tPreviously announced cast includes leads Lola Petticrew and Toby Wallace as well as Zachary Hart, Laura Marcus, Tanzyn Crawford, Nabhann Rizwan, Claes Bang, Noomi Rapace, Ramzy Bedia, Sean Harris, Corrado Invernizzi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAssassin\u2019s Creed is a high-octane thriller centered on the secret war between two shadowy factions \u2014 one set on determining mankind\u2019s future through control and manipulation, while the other fights to preserve free will. The series follows its characters across pivotal historical events as they battle to shape humanity\u2019s destiny.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tRoberto Patino and David Wiener serve as showrunners. They executive produce with Gerard Guillemot, Margaret Boykin, Austin Dill, Genevieve Jones for Ubisoft Film &amp; Television, and Matt O\u2019Toole.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWith more than 230 million units sold, the Assassin\u2019s Creed franchise is one of the best-selling series in video game history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After months of speculation, Netflix has confirmed that its Assassin\u2019s Creed series is set in Ancient Rome. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":356214,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[39494,93,61,60,1868,282],"class_list":["post-356213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-assassins-creed","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-netflix","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}