EXCLUSIVE: Toby Wallace (Euphoria, Bikeriders) has become the first actor officially set as a series regular in Netflix’s Assassin’s Creed live-action series, based on Ubisoft’s best-selling video game franchise.
Wallace is said to be playing the co-lead in Assassin’s Creed, 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.
The series stems from a deal Netflix signed with Ubisoft in 2020. It is expected to start production in 2026 in Italy, which I hear serves as a setting of the series, with the exact time period unclear.
Roberto Patino and David Wiener serve as showrunners. 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.
This marks Wallace’s return to Netflix where he previously starred on the 2019 mystery YA drama series The Society. He recently wrapped shooting HBO’s Euphoria as a new Season 3 series regular.
Wallace’s recent feature credits include Jeff Nichols’ The Bikeriders alongside Tom Hardy, Jodie Comer, and Austin Butler, Ron Howard’s Eden alongside Jude Law and Sydney Sweeney, Charles Williams’ Inside with Guy Pearce, as well as in Jusin Lin’s Last Days. .
On TV, Wallace also starred in Danny Boyle’s FX on Hulu limited series Pistol, in which he portrayed Sex Pistols’ guitarist Steve Jones. Aussie Wallace, winner of the 2020 AACTA Best Lead Actor award and the 2019 Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best New Young Actor at the Venice Film Festival for Babyteeth, is repped by CAA, 3 Arts, CP Artist Management, and Sloane Offer.
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