Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs franchise is an odd one. After three major game releases that failed to make it nearly as big as Assassin’s Creed and some transmedia playfulness, Ubisoft is doubling down on the idea of bringing it to the big screen. Now, the publisher and New Regency have landed yet another big star to spearhead the cast.
The surprising project is being fast-tracked as we speak, with the studio and Ubisoft recently recruiting Talk to Me’s breakout star Sophie Wilde and now looking into bringing Tom Blyth, of Hunger Games fame, into the fold.
Deadline broke the news on June 5, also adding that Wilde’s deal is now closed alongside her co-star’s. In a less surprising move, French genre director Mathieu Turi (The Deep Dark, Meander) was tapped to direct the movie. If you can remember that misfire, the Assassin’s Creed movie (released in late 2016) was helmed by Justin Kurzel, another director with a markedly auteur-ish curriculum. The script comes from Christie LeBlanc (Oxygen) with new revisions by Victoria Bata (Best Dressed).
