Steven Spielberg Said No To Assassin's Creed Movie

After rumors swirled last month that Sony Pictures was close to a deal to produce the Assassin's Creed movie, Vulture is citing unnamed sources that say Ubisoft demanded so much control over the fate of the film that it caused many different studios to pass on the offer.

"They want to be able to pull the plug on the whole movie's development if they decide to. It's ridiculous," said the head of one of the unnamed studios that also passed on the film.

"They're not moviemakers, and the only way to make sure it's a bad movie is to undervalue what movie studios do — and this is a deal that totally undervalues what movie studios do." said another.

A Hollywood agent said that "The whole Ubisoft/Sony deal is a waste of ink, paper and time. The level of control Sony gave up means, effectively, that Assassin's Creed will never — and I mean never — get made."

We can't blame Ubisoft for wanting so much control in the fate of the film -- we've seen so many movies based on video games turn out so bad that we wondered how they were green lighted in the first place.

Sony supposedly said yes to the offer because of how little of an investment they'd have to make in producing the film, effectively taking a gamble -- one we'll have to wait and see if it pays off.

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