Not only is Mass Effect a big hit on the Xbox 360 but now it's going to be a major Hollywood production. According to IGN, the producers of The Dark Knight and Spider-Man are teaming up to produce a Hollywood movie version of Mass Effect.
Legendary Pictures has procured the rights to the ME movie and are working alongside Avi Arad (and his son Ari), formerly of Marvel studios, to produce the movie. BioWare co-founders Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk along with ME's executive producer Casey Hudson will be executive producers for the movie. Negotiations with scriptwriter Mark Protosevich (I Am Legend and Thor being his latest pieces) are in the works to get a script penned. "Mass Effect is a tremendous property ripe for translation to the big screen," said Chairman and CEO of Legendary Pictures Thomas Tull, who will be working as a producer on the movie.
"Mass Effect is a prime example of the kind of source material we at Legendary like to develop; it has depth, compelling characters and an engaging back story. This coupled with Avi and Ari producing and the skills of a great team adapting the screenplay, are the start of turning this smash videogame based property into a successful feature film.
"At BioWare, we've always thought of Mass Effect as having the depth, emotion and plot twists perfectly suited for an adaptation to a motion picture," said Casey Hudson. "With Legendary and Avi and Ari Arad attached, we believe that the Mass Effect movie will be an extraordinary entertainment event that realizes our vision for the franchise and thrills fans."
This is good news for fans of Mass Effect and even for those of us who haven't had the pleasure of playing the game. If you don't want to wait for the movie to hit theaters (there is no date set yet, as the movie is still in pre-production at this time), you can head on over to any of these stores around Anoka County and pick up Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2 to get caught up on the story behind the movie.
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