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Casey Hudson Talks Mass Effect Movie
During a Legendary Pictures panel at San Diego Comic-Con, BioWare executive producer Casey Hudson let loose a few tidbits about the upcoming Mass Effect film.
We still don’t have a lot of hard facts about the upcoming film, since the movie is still in early pre-production, but Hudson talked about the process of designing a story that would tie into the game trilogy. “Now there are millions of people around the world playing the Mass Effect games, and they know what Mass Effect is all about – what that experience should be. Listening to them, and understanding what they love about the universe, has really helped us design the film narrative. So we’re going to do a fusion of the high level story that people know and love, but also build in a lot of other magic moments that we know will be cool.”
Mass Effect script writer Mark Protosevich (I Am Legend, Thor) also added, “When you look at making a video game movie you have to ask yourself if the game is a good story and not just a good game. I think most games don’t pass that litmus test. This one does.” We’re obviously excited about the film, and we’re happy that the studio behind Batman Begins, Watchmen, and Inception are helping make the film. Could this be the first video game movie that is actually a great movie first, and fan service second?
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