Legendary Pictures has hired Morgan Davis Foehl to script the movie adaptation of Mass Effect.
The film production company picked up the rights for Mass Effect in 2008. Mark Protosevich, of "I Am Legend" and "Thor" fame, was earlier asked to write the script.
"Producers sparked to Foehl's take on the project, given that he is a Mass Effect fan, but also has penned action pics with a strong espionage bent, something that factors into the overall plot of the Mass Effect games," Variety reported.
Foehl was assistant editor on the FX Networks show "Rescue Me" and the Adam Sandler comedy "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry". He also penned "Alien Sleeper Cell". His work includes Top Cow comic book "Crosshair".
Foehl's script for "Whatever Gets You Through The Night" earned him a place in 2009′s Black List of unproduced screenplays.
The problem, however, with Mass Effect's adaptation is "trying to craft a singular story. There is an overarching plot to the Mass Effect trilogy, but part of what sets it apart from other games is how it lures the player into thinking they have a fundamental choice in crafting the character. There is no definitive Shepard, and it's tough to see how you bring him to the big screen when the player has, in some sense, partially written the character. Even the character's gender is a choice," Collider reported.
This will be Foehl's "most high-profile project to date."
In the first game, the story takes place in the year 2183. A human commander is tasked with leading a mission to defeat a robotic alien race which causes complete devastation to organic life when it attacks once in 50,000 years.
Mass Effect 3 has sold 4.10 million copies globally till date, VGChartz reported.