The adaptation of digital game Assassin’s Creed has started filiming, the Malta Film Commission said yesterday.

Oscar nominee Michael Fassbender and winner Marion Cotilliard star. Justin Kurzel directs. New Regency, Ubisoft Motion Pictures, DMC Films and Kennedy/Marshall produce, with 20th Century Fox distributing.

Tourism Minister Edward Zammit Lewis said this was the eighth major shoot this year and showed the government strategy was reaping benefits. The film will be released in theatres worldwide on December 21, 2016.

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