Legendary Entertainment is moving forward with a Mass Effect film, looking to Morgan Davis Foehl to adapt the sci-fi series. Previously, Mark Protosevich wrote the first version of the script in 2008.
Foehl hasn’t had a script approved, but was praised for writing Whatever Gets You Through the Night and penning Crosshair, an adaptation of the Top Cow comic book that Mandeville is developing for Summit. His credits also include Alien Sleeper Cell for producers Bill Block and Adrian Askarieh.
Foehl got the project in part due to his fandom for the game series and for a reputation for penning action pics with a strong espionage bent, not unlike the overall plot of the Mass Effect games. Mass Effect is easily Foehl’s most high-profile project to date.
Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni will produce the Mass Effect film with Avi and Ari Arad through Arad Productions. Mass Effect executive producer Casey Hudson will reprise that role for the film; BioWare co-founders Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk were also set to have credits on the film and it is unknown if that has changed since they departed BioWare.
Source: Variety.com
