The popular science fiction series was announced back in 2010 Mass effect was filmed. Fast forward 11 years and, uh, not a movie.
The project wasn’t officially canceled (at least in the form of a public announcement) earlier this year when BioWare’s Mac Walters revealed it Legendary Pictures had left the project for good. “It felt like we were always fighting intellectual property,” he said. “What story are we going to tell in 90 to 120 minutes? Are we doing it justice? “
Probably not! Which might explain why with decades of trying to turn the games into a movie (or three) dead in the water, meeting
Hidden in a story that is usually about the debut of Amazon’s new fantasy series, an adaptation of the Wheel of time Books, this short piece by Amazon Studios boss Jennifer Salke is:
One of the company’s newest hopes in the arena is this Mass effect. Amazon Studios is close to a deal to develop a series based on Electronic Arts’ best-selling science fiction video game franchise.
“You will see that we continue to invest in fantasy genres of all kinds, we have a genre-focused team in the studios working tirelessly with our creative partners on these slates, and you can look forward to more,” said Salke.
Makes sense. Amazon’s latest science fiction series, The wideIt is about to air its sixth and final season and leaves a spaceship-sized gap in the lineup of the streaming service. And a live-action Commander Shepard whizzing around the galaxy, making friends, saving planets, and the occasional war crimes, would be much better able to tell her story over the course of a television series than crammed into a movie.
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