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Mass Effect movie heading to the silver screen

The adventures of Commander Shepard and SSV Normandy to get The Dark Knight treatment - can we get a hell yeah?

If news just announced by a Hollywood Reporter blog is to be believed, Mass Effect scenes will soon see their favourite human Spectre make the transition to the big screen.

Legendary Pictures - the same production house that delivered the newest Batman movies, 300 and The Watchmen - has bought the rights to the game from EA. In what we hope is a good sign, key BioWare staff are also coming on board the film project as Executive Producers; both Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk, the company's founders, will be on board, as will director Casey Hudson.

The film already has a writer - Mark Protosevich - but there's not news on a director or, arguably more importantly, a cast. Director Chris Nolan's probably too busy polishing up Inception and then gearing up for the next Batman, but we can dream, right? Or would Zack Snyder be a better choice? Hmm, even Sam Raimi, currently working with Legendary on the Warcraft film, might be a good choice.

But who to play Shepard? Or any other of the key cast? Let us know your casting thoughts in the comments below. And check out our reviews of Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2 for a recap of the games.

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17 Comments

nesquick May 26, 2010 11:04 AM	Dear god.... if you exist I love you for doing this :D Who to play Shepard? needs to be someone badass
Shadow Fox May 26, 2010 11:13 AM	Knowing hollywood they would probably get someone like Dwayne Johnson or something to play Shepard >_>
philo-sofa May 26, 2010 11:22 AM	This could be full of awesome if they can get the feel of the game to transition across formats successfully - for that matter it could be the first decent big-budget movie example of the 'life killing machine things' story that has become such (book) sci-fi staple. At the end of the day, the thoroughly lovingly crafted canon and backstory of Mass Effect (remember how we all gulped when we heard Bioware were making their own IP?) is what makes it - if they can take that and run with it... Well either way I'm looking forward to this, albeit that I'm not getting overly hopeful based on the essentially zero number of successful game to movie translations thus far lol. p.s. Hawkeye you know it's 'SSV Normandy' rt?
Hawkeye May 26, 2010 11:38 AM	Haha! Good call - I've just seen too many USS Normandy clones in Star Trek Online :)
tunksy May 26, 2010 3:27 PM	FUCK YES!!! :D
Darkmatter May 26, 2010 4:25 PM	But will the story change every time you watch it though. :)
CK May 26, 2010 6:42 PM	PLease oh please, keep Uwe Boll away from it. I always thought Shepard looked a lot like Dominic Purcell from Prison Break, and He's a fellow Aussie too boot. And It's real easy to slot Yvonne Strahovski in there too.
0s1r1s May 26, 2010 9:43 PM	Cristian Bale as Shepard? Another "Shepherd" though? Please. There's Jack Shepherd from Lost and John Sheperd from Stargate Atlantis. Can we find a new surname for a lead protagonist please?
Dan_2 May 26, 2010 11:55 PM	The protagonist has to be called shepard it wont make sense if his not called that.
deonast May 27, 2010 12:14 AM	I think you need a Shepard to lead the movie going flock :)
Tythais May 27, 2010 5:30 AM	I wonder if he'll go around nailing half his crew
Reb1rth. May 27, 2010 7:43 AM	How about the guy that does Shep's voice? http://ui22.gamespot.com/533/picture3a_2.png I reckon he could pull it off with a change of hairstyle. At least he'd already know the right attitude and already has the voice of him. :)
deonast May 27, 2010 6:44 PM	Maybe Reb1rth, depends how good an actor he is behind the camera, he would need to be good action scenes, both kinds probably :)
philo-sofa May 27, 2010 9:35 PM	He's been widely panned as giving a flat boring rendition of Shepard. Can't say I agree with the critics. but I'm guessing he wouldn't be a candidate.
ankhe May 28, 2010 11:17 PM	I vote Russell Crowe for commander of the Normandy.
GrimLock380 May 31, 2010 5:00 PM	I want someone who looks like my version of Shepard :(
Commander Shepard Jun 2, 2010 5:57 PM	Jennifer Hale as Shepard or don't bother.

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