Mass Effect, the beloved sci-fi series by BioWare, will be receiving a TV series adaptation for Amazon Prime Video. This was confirmed on N7 day, 2024, in an article by Variety.
Daniel Casey is set to write and executive produce the adaptation. Karim Zreik will executive produce under his Cedar Tree Productions banner, with Ari Arad and EA’s Michael Gamble also executive producing. Cedar Tree is currently under an overall deal at Amazon MGM Studios.
As of now, plot details remain under wraps.
Although it was first reported back in 2021 that Amazon was negotiating to develop a TV series for Mass Effect, no new updates regarding the project were heard until now. There had also been various attempts to make a feature film, but the project never came to fruition.
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Mass Effect debuted with the first game of the same name back in 2007 and is considered one of the best titles of that era. Since this time, the series has expanded with the direct sequels Mass Effect 2 (2010) and Mass Effect 3 (2012). There was also a fourth title that is more standalone in terms of story and characters, Mass Effect Andromeda (2017). There have also been multiple mobile games in the franchise, as well as an animated film, novels, comic books, and other media.
The story of the first three Mass Effect games revolves around Commander Shepard, a human soldier in the 22nd century trying to save the galaxy from a race of beings known as the Reapers. Andromeda moved the games much further into the future with a new protagonist, with a fifth game also in the works. The franchise is developed by BioWare and now published by EA.
Casey most recently worked on the screenplay for F9: The Fast Saga. He is also known for his work on films like the sci-fi drama Kin and did rewrites on 10 Cloverfield Lane. He is repped by CAA, Writ Large, and Hansen Jacobson.
Zreik was previously an executive at the now defunct Marvel Television unit under Jeph Loeb. During his time with Marvel, he served as an executive producer on hit shows like Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, The Punisher, and Legion among several others. Zreik is repped by Ginsburg Daniels Kallis.