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However, we're now hearing that the film is going to strike out on its own and set its historical sections during the Spanish inquisition. According to Film Divider, there will be other sections too, set in the present day. This is, after all, one of the conceits of the game series: modern characters use technology to access the genetic memories of their ancestors, and both stories unfold.
The site has some of the details of both time lines. Perhaps the most interesting point is that Fassbender will play a character in each. In the present day he’ll be a death row inmate, while in the main body of the film, the historical scenes, he’ll be Aguilar de Agarorobo, an assassin.
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