Marvel actor Ralph Ineson, who played Galactus in this year’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps, has weighed in on Ubisoft’s decision to reportedly cancel a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed game starring a former Black slave as its star.
According to a Game File report published this week, Ubisoft walked away from the project last summer while the idea was still early in development, due to concerns surrounding the current U.S. political climate and the negative backlash to Black co-protagonist Yasuke in Assassin’s Creed Shadows.
Ineson previously featured in Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag as pirate Charles Vane, an ally of the game’s hero Edward Kenway. Black Flag notably also featured Adéwalé, a former Black slave whose character went on to star as the playable protagonist of Freedom Cry, one of the Assassin’s Creed series’ best DLCs that was later re-released as a standalone game.
“Once again, f*** off,” Ineson wrote on X, reposting details of the reportedly-cancelled game. (The message follows another, even more succint recent post — “F*** off” — directed by Ineson at a report concerning AI “actress” Tilly Norwood.)
While Ineson hasn’t worked on the Assassin’s Creed series in some time, it is interesting to see the actor comment on the brand amid the swirl of expectation that a new version of Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag is in development. Indeed, a recent report suggested that the project would include additional material, and Edward Kenway actor Matt Ryan has dropped a couple of hints he’s back involved.
Could Ineson also be back recording more for the Black Flag remake? Or is he just annoyed at the project’s cancelation as a fan of the series?
Ubisoft previously declined to comment about the project when contacted by IGN earlier this week.
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