Mass Effect Movies Rights Purchased

News came out a few days ago that the movie rights to Mass Effect have been purchased. Some fans are happy while others don’t have a good feeling about it. I think as long as the movie stays true to the game script, then it should be awesome. Some of the concerns come from the fact that Mass Effect has two separate endings and you can create a good or evil character. How will the movie choose which angle to go?

The following is from ComputerandVideoGames.com:

It seems as though BioWare’s Mass Effect has joined the long list of games ‘headed’ to the big screen (by ‘headed’, we clearly mean ‘destined to be stuck in cinema limbo hell and never see the light of’).

According to Variety’s Cut Scene blog the rights to the sci-fi RPG series have been snapped up by ex-Marvel Movie boss Avi Arad, who’s since left the Comic giant to set-up his own production company.

Good news if you consider he’s contributed in bringing Spider-Man, X-Men and Iron Man to the big screen, bad if you remember Elektra, Ghost Rider and so-so Spider-Man 3.

Arad is also working on getting a big-screen adaptation of Capcom’s Lost Planet to the big screen.

It’s all one big no-brainer then. Mass Effect’s got a large game community following, rich cast of protagonists, baddies and love interests, plus the story’s been fleshed out enough to fill two books (not that we’ve read them, cough).

Arad is now said to be looking for writers, a director and a studio to attach to the Mass Effect movie. Limbo for a few years it is then…

We’ll keep you posted as more info comes out… such as a production date.

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