The Lengthy-Awaited ‘Mass Impact’ Present Has a Showrunner Now

Prime Video’s upcoming Mass Effect show is progressing slowly, however absolutely. On Friday, Deadline revealed the live-action collection gained Doug Jung as its showrunner.

Jung, who most might bear in mind because the co-writer for 2016’s Star Trek Beyond, lately ended a showrunner/government producer stint for Apple TV+’s Chief of Struggle. He’ll be working alongside author Dan Casey, and each will EP for the collection alongside franchise producer Mike Gamble. As Deadline notes, this can be a “main step ahead” within the present’s growth, which was first teased all the way in which again in 2021, then had its existence reaffirmed again in 2024.

To this point, Prime Video’s saved mum on what precisely Casey’s pitch was for the Mass Impact present. Amongst followers, the overall pondering is that it’ll simply adapt the preliminary trilogy of Commander Shepard gathering allies to struggle the Reapers. (This additionally appeared to be the plan when a film appeared possible again in 2007 after the primary sport got here out.) However exhibits like Castlevania and Prime Video’s personal Fallout have taken a distinct method that tells an unique story contained in the worlds of these collection. (Fallout particularly carries itself like a Fallout 5 we’re getting to observe however not play.) Others, like Tomb Raider and Dragon Age, continued (or hoped to) the tales of the video games they’re primarily based on.

There’s definitely completely different routes for the Mass Impact collection to take, and we’ll have an interest to study Jung and Casey’s method in due time.

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