Amazon MGM Studios has started creating a TV series based on the cult video game Mass Effect. About reports by Variety.
Screenwriter Daniel Casey, who worked on the blockbuster «Fast and Furious 9», was involved in the large-scale project (he will also be an executive producer). Kareem Zraik («Daredevil»), Ari Arad («Daredevil») will also become executive producers («Iron Man», «Punisher») and Michael Gamble. Amazon does not disclose plot details of the upcoming series and refrains from official announcements.
Amazon has already tried to launch the series in 2021, but it did not go beyond negotiations. Before that, several studios planned to make a feature film based on the game, but none of these projects came to fruition.
The Mass Effect franchise was launched in 2007 and quickly gained the favor of players. In 15 years, the universe has expanded to include four main games, mobile spinoffs, an animated film, novels, and comics.
The plot of the original trilogy is set in the 22nd century and focuses on the adventures of Commander Shepard, who saves humanity from the invasion of the ancient race of Reapers. In Mass Effect: Andromeda, released in 2017, the action moves to the distant future with a new protagonist. Currently, BioWare studio is developing the fifth part of the series.