Netflix’s ‘Assassin’s Creed’ Adds ‘Vikings’, ‘EastEnders’ and ‘Cursed’ Actors as Filming Wraps in Rome

Few video game adaptations have spent as long in the waiting room as the Netflix ‘Assassin’s Creed‘ series. Ubisoft and Netflix first struck a content deal in October 2020, and the project then cycled through different creative teams, with original writer Jeb Stuart departing by early 2023 before the show was finally greenlit in July 2025.

Momentum has built steadily since then. Roberto Patino and David Wiener are the showrunners, and the series tells an original story set in Ancient Rome in 64 AD, a year tied to the Great Fire of Rome during the reign of Emperor Nero. It also sits inside a franchise that has sold more than 230 million units, so the pressure to get it right is considerable.

Now the Netflix ‘Assassin’s Creed’ series cast has grown again. Bryan Larkin of ‘Vikings’ will play Decimus, Nick Harris of ‘EastEnders’ is Aurius, and Sebastian Armesto of ‘Cursed’ is Petronius, according to an exclusive from What’s on Netflix. The reveal arrives alongside confirmation that Jeremy Podeswa and Helen Shaver are directing episodes next to Johan Renck.

The newcomers join a sizable ensemble. Toby Wallace and Lola Petticrew lead the show, with Zachary Hart, Laura Marcus, Tanzyn Crawford, Nabhaan Rizwan and Claes Bang also in the main cast. Noomi Rapace, Ramzy Bedia, Sean Harris and Corrado Invernizzi were announced in recurring roles back in March.

Wallace, who was the first performer announced and is known to Netflix viewers for ‘The Society’ and the third season of ‘Euphoria’, has company at the top from Petticrew, who appeared in ‘Say Nothing’. Their characters are separate from the many protagonists of the games, which gives the writers room to build something new.

Sandra Guldberg Kampp, Youssef Kerkour, Mirren Mack and Louis McCartney were revealed that same month, when cameras started rolling. With Larkin, Harris and Armesto now added, the production is clearly casting a wide net, pulling talent from historical epics, fantasy series and a long-running British soap.

The latest additions also hint at how deep the Roman storyline runs. Netflix has described the show as an original tale that expands the established universe rather than retelling any single game, and the heart of the narrative remains the secret battle between the Templar Order and the Assassin’s Brotherhood. A bigger supporting cast suggests plenty of political and personal intrigue around that central conflict.

Johan Renck, known for ‘Breaking Bad’ and ‘Chernobyl’, directed the pilot. He is now joined by Jeremy Podeswa, whose credits include ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘3 Body Problem’, and Helen Shaver, who has worked on ‘The Penguin’ and ‘Westworld’.

Renck won an Emmy for ‘Chernobyl’ and has also directed episodes of ‘The Walking Dead’ and ‘Vikings’, so the series has a seasoned team of genre directors behind the camera. Composer Hannah Peel has also joined the project to write the score, rounding out a creative team that now looks close to complete.

That brings us to the biggest milestone yet. Filming on the series has officially wrapped, as reported in early November, after production in Italy and Bulgaria, with much of the shoot taking place at Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The show is now in post-production.

The production built on the established Ancient Rome back lot at Cinecittà, which gave the crew a historic backdrop to expand rather than starting from scratch. Netflix and Ubisoft have confirmed the setting since cameras began rolling in March, so fans have had months to speculate about how Nero’s Rome will look on screen.

Netflix has not announced a release date, but the timeline is starting to take shape. Industry estimates point to 2027, and with a visual effects-heavy post-production period ahead, a late 2027 premiere looks like the earliest realistic window.

For fans who have watched this adaptation move through years of false starts, the wrap is a welcome sign that the Brotherhood is finally close to arriving on screen. The newly revealed cast and directors add even more weight to a project that has been quietly assembling one of Netflix’s most eclectic ensembles.

Have something to add? Let us know in the comments!