Mass Effect TV Series With Fast and Furious Writers Who Can Send a Car to Space Sounds Like a Recipe For Disaster to Fans

If you are a Mass Effect fan, then this recent update regarding a TV show adaptation of the game might come as a bitter-sweet piece of news to you since most fans are against one aspect of it all.

Amazon MGM has confirmed that a Mass Effect TV series is in fact in the works. This is the first update regarding the game since 2021, when we first heard about a collaboration between EA and Amazon MGM.

Fans Are Not Extremely Happy About Mass Effect TV Series

The Mass Effect TV series is currently being written by Daniel Casey, who will also act as the executive producer for the series. Casey is known for meddling with over-the-top sci-fi concepts, which fans do not seem to like as much. Casey’s most recent work was Fast and Furious 9, where he sent a car to space.

His over-the-top method is not going to hold up in Mass Effect since fans want a detailed and more nuanced adaptation of their favorite sci-fi game. The game revolves around the protagonist fighting against an alien species known as the Andromeda. There are a lot of things that can be explored with the TV series, but if Craig is set to be in charge, then it might just turn out to be a recipe for disaster.

One Instagram user shared their opinion on the matter by saying that they would not like the TV series to be in the hands of Casey.

We massively do not want this @jonathan_sneller

Nevertheless, it is confirmed by Variety that Amazon MGM has begun the development of the series with him in charge. The news broke out on the day known to Mass Effect fans as N7 Day which marks the annual celebration of all things Mass Effect.

Not much about the series has been revealed as of now. It is not certain whether we will see a straightforward adaptation or something entirely different that belongs to the same universe. Nothing can be said for certain until further details are revealed.

The Mass Effect Series Does Not Seem To Be In The Right Hands

There has been a wave of video game adaptation in the recent past. Amazon itself has seen massive success with its recently released adaptation of Fallout, the second season of which has already been planned. Even HBO’s The Last of Us did really well in the market and paved the way for other video game adaptations to flourish.

However, these adaptations need to stay true to the source material; they cannot go over the top or forget what the game stands for entirely, and Fast and Furious 9 is not exactly a reliable addition to the portfolio. Craig will need to really pull up his socks and treat this adaptation opposite to his approach to the film.

The people involved with the game currently include EA’s Michael Gamble, Avi Arad, Michael Gamble, and Karim Zreik, who is working as an executive producer with his Cedar Tree Productions. What do you think about it? Let us know in the comments below.