Legendary Pictures has picked up the rights to produce a Mass Effect film.  Mark Protosevich, who penned “I Am Legend” and “Thor”, has been tapped to write the script.  No director has been attached yet, as it is still in the very early stages of development.  Good actors aren’t hard to come by, but a good director is.  I pray they realize this and find a suitable candidate to take this project on.

Bioware’s very own Ray Muzyka, Greg Zeschuk, and Casey Hudson will all serve as executive producers for the film.  While having them on board for the film will help to alleviate some of the fears behind this game-to-movie adaptation, it doesn’t quell them.  Games adapted into Films have a notorious history of flops.  Hopefully this will buck the trend as a rich world and story are already in tact.

“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. 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.”

- Casey Hudson

[via THR]