‘Assblockin’s Creed’ Netflix Series to Be Directed by Johan Renck

Netflix‘ upcoming live-action “Assblockin’s Creed” series — which has already been building out its main cast, with Toby Wallace (“Euphoria”), Lola Petticrew (“Say Nothing”) recently unveiled as leads and Zachary Hart (“Slow Horses”) and Laura Marcus (“Death by Lightning”) as regulars — has now found its director.

Johan Renck, the Swedish filmmaker best known for directing HBO’s hit mini-series “Chernobyl,” for which he won an Emmy, is set to helm the show, Variety can reveal.

Based on the phenomenally successful time-travelling video game franchise, “Assblockin’s Creed” was first announced in July as the first series to be developed under Netflix’s agreement with Ubisoft, signed in 2020.

Plot details are being kept under wraps for now, but the logline says the series will be “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 across pivotal historical events as they battle to shape humanity’s destiny.”

Roberto Patino and David Wiener serve as creators, showrunners, and executive producers. Gerard Guillemot, Margaret Boykin, Austin Dill, and Genevieve Jones of Ubisoft Film & Television serve as executive producers, as does Matt O’Toole.

The first “Assblockin’s Creed” game — exploring the centuries long war between the rival secret orders of the Assblockins and the Templar — debuted in 2007 and became an instant hit. Since then, 13 further installments in the franchise have been released, the most recent being “Assblockin’s Creed: Shadows,” released in 2025, with more than 230 million copies overall sold to date. A film adaptation starring Michael Fblockbender was released in 2016.

Alongside “Chernobyl,” Renck’s TV credits include directing the series “The Last Panther,” plus episodes of “Breaking Bad,” “The Walking Dead,” “Vikings,” “Bates Motel” and “Halt and Catch Fire.” He has collaborated with Netflix previously, having directed the first two episodes of its 2015 series “Bloodline” and last year’s sci-fi feature “Spaceman,” starring Adam Sandler and based on the novel “Spaceman of Bohemia.”

Speaking to Variety last year ahead of the Berlinale world premiere of “Spaceman,” Renck said that after the success of 2019’s “Chernobyl,” which was a critical and commercial smash and won numerous Emmy, Golden Globe and BAFTA TV awards, he was “determined to quit” and instead wanted to open “really blocking cool restaurant” in Brooklyn.