Mass Effect Movie Script.

[Raven's Nest]

Thank you so much for pointing this out to me.

I mean, how the hell can anyone else play a character that is quite literally brittle-bone diseased Seth Green in space?

No worries, T'is true though. They will have a tougher time replacing him than even Shepard himself. I wouldn't be surprised if they cast someone like Chris Evans in the role of Shepard. Keith David would also be epic as Anderson. Michelle Rodriguez handed Ashley Williams's part. The rest of the aliens can be CGI'd with original voices if the budget allows for decent CGI.

I don't normally comment on my captcha but it says "do you love me?" No captcha, no I fucking well don't!

 

[MelasZepheos_v1legacy]

It'll suck.

That isn't even a guess or an estimation based off previous videogame movies. There is no possible way this game can be made into a movie.

What Shepard is it going to be? Male or Female? A third of people who played the game already think it's non-canon and hate it. Renegade, Neutral or Paragon? Oops, there goes another massive chunk of your audience. Are they going to have an even distribution of all six party members? There go the fans of the characters you left out. Are they going to show every single side quest? There goes anyone who liked the side quest that you left out.

When you make a movie like this, you're making it for the fans. Why would people who didn't play Mass Effect the videogame care about Mass Effect the movie? You might get a few people, but nowhere near enough to justify the budget you'd have to pour into this thing to make it worthwhile. So they'll cut the budget, so it'll look like shit.

You can adapt something like Tomb Raider to the big screen, and it could theoretically be done with enough competence to please the fanboys. You can maybe adapt something like Silent Hill or a jRPG to screen, thanks to the much more linear storyline (although taking out favourite sidequests like Wutai would lose you points) but you can't adapt something as big as Mass Effect and make it good. It simply can't be done.

 

[MelasZepheos_v1legacy]

Thank you so much for pointing this out to me.

I mean, how the hell can anyone else play a character that is quite literally brittle-bone diseased Seth Green in space?

No worries, T'is true though. They will have a tougher time replacing him than even Shepard himself. I wouldn't be surprised if they cast someone like Chris Evans in the role of Shepard. Keith David would also be epic as Anderson. Michelle Rodriguez handed Ashley Williams's part. The rest of the aliens can be CGI'd with original voices if the budget allows for decent CGI.

I don't normally comment on my captcha but it says "do you love me?" No captcha, no I fucking well don't!

The problem is that Michelle Rodriguez would act as an automatic spoiler for this movie. Everyone going in would know exactly how Virmire ends, unless they cast someone like Sean Bean as Kaiden. And even then both of them would likely die.

Michelle Rodriguez cannot be on screen without dying. Statistically impossible. And I don't want to see Liara end up with M/Shep. That guy's a prick.

 

[Loop Stricken]

... based on the first game, you say?

... a movie Tali, you say?


Well, unless there's a gratuitous ass shot during a very long elevator ride, it just won't match my playthrough.

Oh yeah, that's the stuff.

 

[Jaeke]

Hmmm.... It's a heavy risk...


Couldn't resist


Ehh I would have been excited but you know... Star Child and all...

Just make it a comedy like this and even I might go see it

If serious though, I think Christian Bale (have you seen the VO, yeah, wouldn't fit the badass bill of approvement) could do wonders for Shepard, mostly because he looks a hell of a lot like the cannon but everyone loves him from being the Batman.

 

[Raven's Nest]

The problem is that Michelle Rodriguez would act as an automatic spoiler for this movie. Everyone going in would know exactly how Virmire ends, unless they cast someone like Sean Bean as Kaiden. And even then both of them would likely die.

Michelle Rodriguez cannot be on screen without dying. Statistically impossible. And I don't want to see Liara end up with M/Shep. That guy's a prick.

Lol. A very valid point. They will definitely end up killing off Kaiden though. More emotional impact when that happens. Hell I practically beg to pull the trigger when Ash is left behind in my playthroughs.

 

[Sneezeguard]

The only way I would consider watching this is if it's renagade asshole shepard that might be fun to watch (plus nice heroes are kinda boring), And it has to be renagede asshole NO anti-hero bullshit everyone does that now'a days.

but in realitly this movie can't do this series justice and will not translate well to film.

What made the mass effect series great was it's choices and exploring this universe, it's lore and many races. That is something they can not do with a film mainly due time constraints and limitations of the medium.

And I can't help but feel some character development from the games will get cut I can't imaging they would include Garrus's DR.Heart sidemission and or others because they side track from the main plot unless they forced it into the main plot by rewritting him to work for saren somehow.

In all honesty I'm suprised bioware would agree to a film being made.

 

[Reaper195]

"It will feature male Shepard-" No, lost interest. I be playing ME with femShep simply because it makes the games feel a lot less cliche having a mid thirties dude save the world. You also get some better lines from Garrus when you romance him up.

 

[Goofguy]

Let's put it this way.

If it's a trilogy.

There's no way it end worse than the games

I don't know about that, you'd be surprised at what Hollywood could do with any source material.

 

[skywolfblue]

This will be a Micheal Bay style blockbuster with MULTIEXPLOSIONS and close-ups of Tali ass. Shepard will be a rough-shaven U.S MARINE in space bring 'Merica style action straight to the alien terrorist threat. Super fist fights and laser gun blasto dust 'em ups with at least one giant space ship ramming another right up the propulsion engines. Que a moment for some pg-13 love making, and then the hero will save the universe for AMERICA! and all the blessed helpless species that couldn't do it on their own.
This movie will have to appeal not to just the gamer community, but to the transformer/hunger games audience as well, 'cause money. Prepare your anuses for a rock video ride of a movie, and grab your vomit bags and seatbelts for what will surely be the bestest movie of EVAR!

Is it bad that even with all that I thought "eh, I'd probably watch it"?

I think half the movie would have to be devoted to Asari bardancers, and it'd have to have an American flag in every single scene in order for it to qualify for Transformers level awfulness.

 

[neonsword13-ops]

So, uh... who's playing Bro-Shep?

OT: I'm optimistic. Can't wait for it.

 

[AD-Stu]

Weren't they always planning on a movie? Since like the very first game wasn't it a given through dev word-of-mouth?

I think they could probably fit it into a movie, but maybe not just two hours. They did an okay job with the LoTR books into movies, so I hope it at least hits about the 2 1/2 to 3 hour mark.

How they'll choose love interests or the large decisions makes me wonder, though. Unless they cut out all the meat and only have the bare bones of the games.

Yeah, they've been talking about making a movie of the first game for years - there's pretty much nothing new in this story, other than the fact that there's actually a script written now.

I can see it working, they'd just have to cut out a whole heap of the unnecessary stuff from the first game

 

[thanatos388]

FemShep or gtfo. BroShep is boring, the characters are good and the overall plot is so "standard" is would be just another sci-fi if it didn't focus on the characters.

 

[JediMB]

FemShep or gtfo. BroShep is boring, the characters are good and the overall plot is so "standard" is would be just another sci-fi if it didn't focus on the characters.

Personally, I'd be all for them mixing it up a bit by having Shepard twins rather than just one.

They could be John and Joan (not Jane) Shepard. Would get really confusing if there are a lot of accents involved. Hilarity ensues.

 

[Texas Joker 52]

Now, this could be very interesting. But, for the director, they need to snatch up Joss Whedon. He can really nail a good group dynamic with the leading characters, with the latest Avengers, Firefly, and apparently Buffy (Which I have neither seen for god knows how long, nor remember, so don't quote me) as examples.

But, he did a great job with The Avengers, making it so that each character had some quality time on screen, there wasn't an overabundance of action compared to story or character arcs, and really, it was fun to watch.

Firefly, his cult-classic baby, also has a great group dynamic, and people love the series mainly for the characters. What other series is like that? Oh, right, Mass Effect.

Honestly, I think he might be able to nail it, given the right resources, enough time, and plenty of references. Just... Keep Casey Hudson from sticking his fingers in.

 

[Doopliss64]

Wait, Legendary is producing? Just get Nolan to direct. Instant win.

(Yes, I know what I just said is totally unrealistic.)

Also, I'm calling it: Martin Freeman as Shepard, Christopher Walken as Sovereign.



Danny DeVito as that Volus banker guy.

 

[Evil Alpaca]

So is half the movie going to be Shepard landing on random planets driving the Mako around?

Really, I don't even think the movie will ever get made. How many times did we hear about a Halo or Warcraft movie?

 

[bigfatcarp93]

NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PLEASE DO NOT DO THIS!

Even if the movie's well made, it will destroy everything special about Mass Effect! Mass Effect ONLY WORKS AS A GAME!!!

 

[Innegativeion]

Wait, Legendary is producing? Just get Nolan to direct. Instant win.

(Yes, I know what I just said is totally unrealistic.)

Also, I'm calling it: Martin Freeman as Shepard, Christopher Walken as Sovereign.



Danny DeVito as that Volus banker guy.

We have.... No be-GIN-ing... and... no end!

We simply yyyaAAAAARRREEeee!

This ex...CHAyange is- over...

 

[mrhappy1489]

I don't know about this.

Cliches aside, ME is well written--excluding the ending of course--and it wouldn't feel out of place in the cinema world. But, ME has far too much character development, small details, and dialogue to possibly fit in a two hour film.

However, they probably could squeeze the main plot into a two hour film if they were careful enough about choosing what mattered and what didn't in the grand scheme of things. Assuming the screenwriter was careful enough, I could see this becoming a pretty good movie even if it doesn't measure up to the source material.

I do hope that the studio gives it a large budget. It'd be a shame if they got a good script but didn't have the money to make it look good on the big screen.

To be honest though, that can be said about every video game that's ever been made. Most games are over 3-5 hours long, and there are often too many subtleties, mechanics, and stuff in general to turn into any film. Games and books alike are difficult to turn into movies for that reason--there's just too much stuff to make a decently paced film. Even three, in Mass Effect's case.

I think the key is to take a good, hard look at the game and find its "soul." The writers need to look at it and ask what makes this game's story work? That are the main themes and motifs that give it life? Their goal isn't to summarize every event that took place, but to find a way to touch on the game's major themes and story arcs while staying true to the characters and the world. Because really, do people really love Mass Effect for what happened? Or do they love the characters that were revealed and explored as the story progressed?

Also, calling it right now. They're going to use Maleshep.

I think that's already been confirmed. I am interested to know what's going to stay in the story. There is so much stuff going on in ME1.

If I had to guess:

- Open with Eden Prime
- Citadel
- Virmire
- Ilos
- Citadel maybe one more time

I don't envy the filmmakers.

If it goes for three hours, then they could fit all that in, maybe squeeze in Noveria, which is kind of essential if they're going to do a sequel, though it will have to be severely shortened, probably starting off at Peak 15. I think it could work, but there's a lot that could go wrong so if it does get made we'll just have to see what happens. I'm going to remain sceptical until it is either A) Done or B) Cancelled.