Just this year, Amazon adapted a popular video game series in blockbuster format as an exciting science fiction series, Fallout. Fans loved it and it broke streaming records. Now Amazon is tackling the next huge game franchise: Mass Effect is set to launch epic space series become.
Amazon’s Mass Effect series reaches important milestone
We first reported in 2021 that Amazon was in negotiations for the film rights to the Mass Effect video game series. Since then, things have been suspiciously quiet about the planned adaptation as a streaming series – until now. As Variety reports, Amazon has a Mass Effect series is officially in development sent.
Daniel Casey is responsible for the implementation as author and executive producer. He previously wrote scripts for the sci-fi film Kin and the action spectacle Fast & Furious 9. Concrete details about the plot are not yet known.
The video game template Mass Effect is in the military science fiction genre and is set in the future of the 22nd century, in which different species have colonized the galaxy. The first three games, released between 2007 and 2012, focus on the soldier Commander Shepard, who is sent on missions across space Save humanity from the dangerous Reaper race must.
So far the series includes four main games. In addition to the video games, the Mass Effect series has been primarily expanded through novels and comics. Plans for live-action film adaptations have always failed.
When is the sci-fi series Mass Effect coming to Amazon Prime?
It is currently too early to predict a series start. The project is currently in the earliest development phase, in which the direction of the series is being conceived and the first scripts are being written. The next step would be an official series order from Amazon.
So it may take a few more yearsuntil we actually see the Mass Effect series. In the meantime, sci-fi fans can look forward to a second season of the video game adaptation Fallout, which is expected to premiere on Prime Video in 2026. The streamer is also currently working on the science fiction series Blade Runner 2099, which will be shown next year or 2026.