British short film writer lands Assassin's Creed movie job

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Assassin's Creed publisher Ubisoft has picked a writer to adapt its best-selling game franchise for the big screen.
The task has fallen to Michael Lesslie, reported the Hollywood Reporter - a relatively unknown scribe with just a few short films under his belt.
He's better known in theatrical circles. Last year he wrote National Theatre production Prince of Denmark, a prequel to Hamlet (a play written by some bloke named Shakespeare).
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