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Amazon MGM is still developing a television project based on the franchise despite recent studio closures and game cancellations.
Mass Effect · official art via IGDBAmazon MGM is continuing development on a Mass Effect TV series. Reports indicate that the studio closure and the halting of the upcoming video game after years of early work will not affect the program. The adaptation utilizes the sci-fi universe while leaving out the trilogy's main hero. Permission for the screen projects was acknowledged previously, followed by a couple of years of silence.
Background On October 21, EA announced it was closing BioWare and canceling the next Mass Effect project as part of 400 layoffs. Our earlier story
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