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Mass Effect To Invade the Big Screen

Posted by Soulskill on from the seth-green-seems-like-a-lock dept.

UgLyPuNk writes "This could be a good thing or a bad thing: EA has just confirmed that it's making Mass Effect into a movie. The franchise has been acquired by Legendary Pictures, which is best known for its co-productions of The Dark Knight, Clash of the Titans, 300, Watchmen, and, um, The Hangover, as part of a co-financing agreement with Warner Bros."

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  1. Legendary Pictures is good news! by tingeber · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe we'll get Zach Galifianakis as Shepherd.

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    1. Re:Legendary Pictures is good news! by Gumbercules!! · · Score: 2, Funny

      But Shephard is a woman!

  2. Can it wait? by atheistmonk · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm in the middle of some calibrations.

    1. Re:Can it wait? by BForrester · · Score: 2, Funny

      A similarly faithful film of Mass Effect would presumably keep interrupting the plot for a quick tour of the 15th more-or-less identical mining station or military outpost.

      Not to mention a four-minute elevator ride every time the scene changes.

    2. Re:Can it wait? by zill · · Score: 2, Funny

      Umptilogy

      It's as if millions of grammar nazis suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.

    3. Re:Can it wait? by gwslyon · · Score: 2, Funny

      I agree and, of course, the really good news is that U** fucking B*** isn't involved.

      Fixed that for ya.

  3. Uwe Bolle to direct. by deniable · · Score: 4, Funny

    Since he's made so many other game adaptations.

  4. Shepard by fightinfilipino · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wrex

  5. Re:Jack Shephard by stealth_finger · · Score: 5, Funny

    You surely mean Assface Shepherd?

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  6. Uwe Boll by jaryd · · Score: 2, Funny

    is rumored to be attached to direct! EPIC WIN!

  7. Re:EVE Online by Rogerborg · · Score: 5, Funny

    That would be awesome. The movie could start, we could get up and go play some frisbee, come back in 2 hours, and get the "movie watched" experience without the tiresome business of having to sit through it!

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  8. Re:Great... Game to Movie by boneclinkz · · Score: 0, Funny

    Mass Effect: Mining Hard with the Shep

    "Commander, large deposit of element zero showing up on scanners."

    "Launch probe."

    *brrrriiiiiiiiiiing*

    "Commander, we're detecting reasonable quantities of platinum in this region."

    "Send a probe."

    "Aye aye."

    *brrrriiiiiiiiiiing*

    "Commander, it looks like we've got a region here with large amounts of both element zero and platinum."

    " Launch that motherfucking proooooooobe. "

    *roll credits*

  9. Re:I'm... by ElKry · · Score: 3, Funny

    They could go fully recursive and re-release the original game marketing it "I'm Commander Shepard and this is my favorite game".