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The creative director and writer of the Mass Effect series said that a film or television adaptation is “not a question of if, but of when”.
Speaking to Business Insider, Mac Walters – who was creative director for Legendary Edition and Andromeda, and narrative lead for 3 and 2 – claimed that BioWare had generated a lot of interest from Hollywood in adapting the film. series.
“It’s such a big world, and so many people I know in the TV and movie industry have reached out to me asking when we’re going to do it and telling me we have to do it,” a- he declared.
A Mass Effect movie was once in development at Warner Bros. ‘ Legendary images, but like so many game links on offer, it never came to fruition.
“It was like we were still fighting intellectual property,” Walters said. “What story are we going to tell in 90 to 120 minutes? Are we going to do it justice?
Earlier this year, actor Henry Cavill appeared to tease a potential live-action mass effect project. The Superman and The Witcher star posted a blurry image of what appeared to be a script page, which fans then edited to reveal a synopsis for the first Mass Effect game.
According to Walters of BioWare, a TV series might be a better fit for the Mass Effect series. “If you want to tell a big story like ‘Mass Effect’, television is the way to do it. There’s a natural way that it fits in well with episodic content, ”he explained.
“When we build a ‘Mass Effect’ game, we have a backbone or an overarching story that we want to tell, but each level or mission is like its own TV episode.
“It is not written in advance. It is written as we get there. So it’s added to the main story and sometimes the main story is adjusted because we did something really cool in this “episode”. So Far From Storytelling is a great place for game franchises.
Video game adaptations have become a hot item in the film and television world in recent years. Following the recent wave of blockbuster video game films including Sonic the Hedgehog and Detective Pikachu, other projects are in development including Uncharted and Dreamworks’ Super Mario movie.
Sony is reportedly developing three movies and seven TV shows based on PlayStation games, as part of its new PlayStation Productions business.