The Mass Effect TV series may begin filming as soon as later this year. That’s according to a posting on Production Weekly, which mentions a “Q4 2026” date for when cameras may start rolling.
This is not confirmed and things can always change. IGN spotted the listing originally.
The Mass Effect show was first revealed back in 2021, so it’s been in the works for a long time already. In November 2024, the TV series got a key update, when a report said the show was actually in development. The report said Daniel Casey (Fast & Furious 9) is writing and executive producing the show, while EA’s Michael Gamble is an executive producer as well.
Ari Arad (Iron Man, Uncharted, upcoming Zelda movie) is an executive producer, too.
There are no plot details available as of yet for the Mass Effect show, but the main series follows the spacefaring events of Commander Shepard. A movie version of Mass Effect was planned at one point, but it never got off the ground.
BioWare veteran Mac Walters, who has since left the company, said in 2021 that a Mass Effect TV show makes more sense than a film. “If you’re going to tell a story that’s as fleshed out as Mass Effect, TV is the way to do it. There’s a natural way it fits well with episodic content,” he explained.
The Mass Effect TV series is said to be in the works at Amazon MGM Studios, so it could show up on Prime Video, similarly to the network’s popular Fallout TV show. Prime Video is also making a God of War TV show.
A new Mass Effect game is in the works now and is BioWare’s main focus currently after the company released the commercially disappointing Dragon Age: The Veilguard in October 2024.
