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[joriandrake]

Rowan Atkinson as Shepard? Now THAT would make me watch a ME movie =P
Otherwise I am not interested in placing Shep into a "canon box".

Modifié par joriandrake, 25 juin 2010 - 01:00 .

[MrFob]

Hm, if the movie is going to be about Shep and the games then I guess the CGI movie idea (like the blur trailers) is the best one yet. They could use the the original voices, make the characters look exactly right and make sure they get the style of the universe right as well.x

I am not sure how much money that would take though. Could imagine it might be pretty expensive. On the other hand, if you want to get really good actors, locations, etc, that would be quite costly as well.

If they have another story (like one of the books for example, I'd rather go with live actors at least for the humans, complemented with a lot of CGI effects..

Whatever they do, I really hope they put a lot of effort into this. If they do it right, it might be one of the best movies in a long time.

[JohnnyBeGood2]

kyle924 wrote...
 
Anyways, since today is officially a month since the announcement of a live-action film of Mass Effect, the first part of the list has been finished. It contains all of the characters in ME 1. For those who haven't seen the list yet (shown below), it addresses the actors and actresses that were chosen to play a role in ME on this website to benefit everyone so that no one has to look for which actor/actress should be which. However, the list that has been revised since the list on pg. 101 has doubled the amount of characters and actors (voice actors included), making the list incredibly extensively and ridiculously insane. Here is the list of the whole ME cast:
 
The List (part 1 – All ME 1 characters)
(Note: The list is in no particular order, only has names, & all the VA’s are included on the list – even additional roles for VA’s)
Thoughts?

Here's John:

6. Robert Downey Jr. (action star overkill, too expensive, not a personality match even slightly with the game shep)
8. Johnny Depp - (doubt he'll be into "getting buff")
16. Mark Meer (VA) (just no, debatable VA, no acting chops at all)
21. Keanu Reeves - (doubt he has the resolve to do it... last 10 years have been quiet)
28. Sean Connery  (just no)
31. Arnold Schwarzenegger - ( just no)
35. Viggo Mortensen - (just not this kind of actor, would be great if he did it though)
43. Heath Ledger (don't spoil the list, he's dead)
60. Mel Gibson - 61. Russell Crowe -  (I'm an aussie too, need 12 kegs of beer for Mel to do Shep, but his body doesn't have legs anymore. And haven't you heard? Russll is a **** to work with)
63. Rowan Atkinson - (Bean Shepard! ugly shep would be funnier)
73. Charlie Sheen – (Pay would be too high, unless you waited until 2.5 men was finished.)

 

Modifié par JohnnyBeGood2, 25 juin 2010 - 12:47 .

[Hough]

 I personally think you go with Matthew Fox. The guy has a clean schedule for the next couple of months, he was in Lost and did a very good job acting. He's up and coming, won't be as expensive as a lot of you guys have down. On top of that he'll want to act his butt off for this film. This will be one of his first "major" films, so in other words He'll try hard, care for the movie, and finally will stick it through if there is a trilogy. I personally think he even looks like Shepard. 

I think if you get actors like (Mel Gibson, Christian Bale, etc...) your gonna have issues with this film. They are just going to get their ego's involved.

But either way I hope it pans out. I would pay good money too see this film done right.

[TheKillerAngel]

I don't have high expectations for any film based on a game. I think that the Mass Effect film should generally stay away from Shepard. It can focus on some of the important secondary characters and background story and still succeed.

Addressing previous skepticism about how having a defined "Shepard" in the film might throw things off, Drew Karpyshyn answers this pretty well. He is the author of Ascension, Revelation, and was the lead writer of Mass Effect, so his word is definitely something to be considered.
www.drewkarpyshyn.com/novels.htm

I believe the problem with the whole Baldur’s Gate trilogy was that the novels were based directly on the story of the BioWare computer games (which I also worked on). Basing novels directly on BioWare games is difficult. The games allow players to create their own main character, but in the book we have to select a character for you. Players could be male, female, elf, dwarf, wizards, thieves – but in the book they were locked into a male human fighter. Obviously this makes it hard for them to identify with the main character. In the game up to a dozen different side characters could join with the player and share their adventures. In the book we had to select 3-4 side characters at most, and inevitably we left out characters players liked. One more problem - the game was 30 hours long and had over 500,000 words of dialog. Condensing all that into an 80,000 word novel is bound to leave players feeling let down.

[MaaZeus]

TheKillerAngel wrote...

I don't have high expectations for any film based on a game. I think that the Mass Effect film should generally stay away from Shepard. It can focus on some of the important secondary characters and background story and still succeed.

Addressing previous skepticism about how having a defined "Shepard" in the film might throw things off, Drew Karpyshyn answers this pretty well. He is the author of Ascension, Revelation, and was the lead writer of Mass Effect, so his word is definitely something to be considered.
www.drewkarpyshyn.com/novels.htm

I believe the problem with the whole Baldur’s Gate trilogy was that the novels were based directly on the story of the BioWare computer games (which I also worked on). Basing novels directly on BioWare games is difficult. The games allow players to create their own main character, but in the book we have to select a character for you. Players could be male, female, elf, dwarf, wizards, thieves – but in the book they were locked into a male human fighter. Obviously this makes it hard for them to identify with the main character. In the game up to a dozen different side characters could join with the player and share their adventures. In the book we had to select 3-4 side characters at most, and inevitably we left out characters players liked. One more problem - the game was 30 hours long and had over 500,000 words of dialog. Condensing all that into an 80,000 word novel is bound to leave players feeling let down.

And I still say that it doesnt matter a rats arse. They just make their own kind of shepard out of many possibilities. And yes, movie will have to leave a ton of stuff away (unless they go trilogy route), but lets face it the very core background story is not very long in ME1. I think it can be streamlined to a scifi movie quite efficiently. I think this will decide if the movie succeeds or fails, how they handle the core story.

Modifié par MaaZeus, 25 juin 2010 - 11:49 .

[kyle924]

peastri wrote...

kyle924 wrote...

Here's John:
1. Gerard Butler - 2. Sam Worthington - 3. Christian Bale - 4. Mark Vanderloo -
5. Sam Rockwell - 6. Robert Downey Jr. - 7. Channing Tatum - 8. Johnny Depp - 
9. Hugh Jackman - 10. Christian Slater - 11. Tom Cruise - 12. Brad Pitt - 
13. Matthew Fox - 14. Volkan Demirel - 15. Nathan Fillion 16. Mark Meer (VA) - 
17. Wentworth Miller - 18. Samuel L. Jackson - 19. Timothy Olypahnt - 20. Vin Diesel -
21. Keanu Reeves - 22. Chris Evans - 23. Jason Statham - 24. Andy Whitfield - 
25. Freddie Prinze Jr. - 26. Dwayne Johnson - 27. Brian Austin Green - 
28. Sean Connery - 29. Dane Cook - 30. Will Smith - 31. Arnold Schwarzenegger - 
32. Mark Wahlberg - 33. Daniel Craig - 34. Karl Urban - 35. Viggo Mortensen -
36. Chris Hemsworth - 37. Scott Foley - 38. Jonathan Rhys Meyers - 39. Jon Hamm - 
40. Ryan Reynolds - 41. Billy Crudup - 42. Ray Stevenson - 43. Heath Ledger - 
44. David Tennant - 45. Jim Caviezel - 46. Bruce Willis - 47. Matt Damon - 
48. Seann William Scott - 49. Chris O’Donnell - 50. Woody Harrelson - 
51. Jackie Chan - 52. Matthew Bomer - 53. Adam Bladwin - 54. Chiwetel Ejiofor - 
55. Chris Pine - 56. Kurt Russell - 57. Ewan McGregor - 58. Tahmoh Penikett - 
59. Ryan Gosling - 60. Mel Gibson - 61. Russell Crowe - 62. Paul Walker -
63. Rowan Atkinson - 64. Alexander Skarsgard - 65. Orlando Bloom -
66. Dominic Purcell - 67. Morris Chestnut - 68. Brendan Fraser - 69. Shemar Moore -
70. Jack Black - 71. Jensen Ackles – 72. Josh Hartnett – 73. Charlie Sheen –
74. Zac Efron – 75. Zachary Levi – 76. Joshua Gomez – 77. Jamie Bamber –
78. James Callis – 79. Chuck Norris – 80. Liev Schriber – 81. Jim Parsons –
82. Michael Trucco – 83. Andrew Lee Potts – 84. David Beckham –
85. Jeffrey Donovan – 86. Jean-Claude Van Damme – 87. Keifer Sutherland – 88. Jeremy Renner –
89. Joe Flanigan – 90. Bradley Cooper  

None of these particularly peak my interest for John (and the thought of a few of them gives me a bad taste in my mouth)... Though technically Shep can look like anyone I would prefer they stick as close to the default as pos. My pick would be Henry Cavill. When I saw him in Tudors my first thought was if they made a ME movie he's got to be Shepard.

http://images.fanpop...477_322_242.jpg

I'm kind of hoping the film is a prequel to ME1. I feel that's the best way to incorporate Shep without ruining the 'choice' aspect of the game.

I know that some of the choices for Shepard are downright terrible or humorously stupid, but there were people that had chosen David Beckham or Samuel L. Jackson or Chuck Norris as Shepard or even Arnold Schwarzenegger as Sovereign . The list is flawed, but it is the list that's worth looking into to help or entertain people or make people say "Who the **** said he could play Shepard?"

As for Henry Cavill, that's an interesting choice, based on the picture. He is the right age, but if he was Shepard, he'd have to start NOW. Otherwise he'll change his outlook.

[kyle924]

JohnnyBeGood2 wrote...

kyle924 wrote...
 
Anyways, since today is officially a month since the announcement of a live-action film of Mass Effect, the first part of the list has been finished. It contains all of the characters in ME 1. For those who haven't seen the list yet (shown below), it addresses the actors and actresses that were chosen to play a role in ME on this website to benefit everyone so that no one has to look for which actor/actress should be which. However, the list that has been revised since the list on pg. 101 has doubled the amount of characters and actors (voice actors included), making the list incredibly extensively and ridiculously insane. Here is the list of the whole ME cast:
 
The List (part 1 – All ME 1 characters)
(Note: The list is in no particular order, only has names, & all the VA’s are included on the list – even additional roles for VA’s)
Thoughts?

Here's John:

6. Robert Downey Jr. (action star overkill, too expensive, not a personality match even slightly with the game shep)
8. Johnny Depp - (doubt he'll be into "getting buff")
16. Mark Meer (VA) (just no, debatable VA, no acting chops at all)
21. Keanu Reeves - (doubt he has the resolve to do it... last 10 years have been quiet)
28. Sean Connery  (just no)
31. Arnold Schwarzenegger - ( just no)
35. Viggo Mortensen - (just not this kind of actor, would be great if he did it though)
43. Heath Ledger (don't spoil the list, he's dead)
60. Mel Gibson - 61. Russell Crowe -  (I'm an aussie too, need 12 kegs of beer for Mel to do Shep, but his body doesn't have legs anymore. And haven't you heard? Russll is a **** to work with)
63. Rowan Atkinson - (Bean Shepard! ugly shep would be funnier)
73. Charlie Sheen – (Pay would be too high, unless you waited until 2.5 men was finished.)

 

I'm SO glad we're on the same page. Again, the list is displayed so that everyone can see the choices in which they had believed they could possibly play Shepard (even if it's hilarious or ridiculous). Luckily, I have revised version of the list that does NOT have any of the actors listed above. The Revised List will be shown very soon.

[Recon911PDW]

Hough wrote...

 I personally think you go with Matthew Fox. The guy has a clean schedule for the next couple of months, he was in Lost and did a very good job acting. He's up and coming, won't be as expensive as a lot of you guys have down. On top of that he'll want to act his butt off for this film. This will be one of his first "major" films, so in other words He'll try hard, care for the movie, and finally will stick it through if there is a trilogy. I personally think he even looks like Shepard. 

I think if you get actors like (Mel Gibson, Christian Bale, etc...) your gonna have issues with this film. They are just going to get their ego's involved.

But either way I hope it pans out. I would pay good money too see this film done right.

I totally agree 100%

[TheKillerAngel]

But if there's going to be a Shepard I think Matthew Fox is a good choice.

[kyle924]

All right. Yesterday, I showed everyone the list (part 1) of all the Mass Effect characters. The list is to show every actor and actress told to play a significant role or non-significant role from this website only, no matter how precise it is for some individuals or how stupid it is - and that includes voice actors. Today the list (part 2) (shown below) will present all the Mass Effect 2 characters. The list (part 2) was not shown the last time the list was first presented about 3 weeks ago. None of the ME characters that were significant to ME 1 (even supporting characters) are on this part of the list due to the list (part 1) being extensive and insane. So here it is:
.

The List (part 2 – All ME 2 characters)
 
(Note: The list is in no particular order, only has names, all the VA’s are included on the list – even additional roles for VA’s, & this is not as long as the list (part 1). If you would want to look at The List (part 1), it’s on pg. 122)
 
Here’s Jacob Taylor:
1. Kanye West – 2. Tyrese Gibson – 3. Chris Tucker – 4. Will Smith – 5. Keith Robinson
6. Adam Lazarre-White (VA) – 7. Bishop Lamont – 8. Jamie Foxx – 9. Morris Chestnut –
10. Michael Jai White
 
Here’s Miranda Lawson:
1. Yvonne Strahovski (VA) – 2. Renee Zelwegger – 3. Jessica Alba – 4. Rhona Mitra –
5. Alex Borstein – 6. Kristin Kreuk – 7. Kate Beckinsale
 
Here’s Mordin Solus:
1. David Hyde Pierce – 2. Wallace Langham – 3. David Tennant – 4. Sharlto Copley –
5. Michael Beattie (VA) – 6. Simon Pegg – 7. Robin Williams
 
Here’s Grunt:
1. Tom Lister – 2. Steve Blum (VA + as Dr. Wilson)
 
 Here’s Jack:
1. Natalie Portman – 2. Megan Fox – 3. Milla Jovovich – 4. Courtenay Taylor (VA) –
5. Jamie Lee Curtis – 6. Demi Moore
 
Here’s Thane:
1. Paul Bettany – 2. Doug Jones – 3. Keythe Farley (VA) – 4. Liam Neeson
 
Here’s Samara:
1. Liv Tyler – 2. Sarah Clarke – 3. Sigourney Weaver – 4. Gillian Anderson –
5. Oprah Winfrey – 6. Angelina Jolie – 7. Jolene Blalock – 8. Maggie Biard (VA)
9. Famke Janssen
 
Here’s Legion:
1. D.C. Douglas (VA)
 
Here’s Morinth:
1. Famke Janssen – 2. Liv Tyler – 3. Natalia Cigliuti (VA) – 4. Jolene Blalock –
5. Rhona Mitra
 
Here’s Zaeed:
1. Robin Sachs (VA) – 2. Vinnie Jones – 3. Gerard Butler – 4. Jeffrey Dean Morgan
 
Here’s Kasumi:
1. Michelle Rodriguez – 2. George Takei – 3. Jordana Brewster – 4. Kym Lane (VA)

Here’s Nassana Dantius:
1. Grey DeLisle (VA + as Lt. Marie Durand)
 
Here’s Admiral Hackett:
1. Lance Henriksen (VA)
 
Here’s Kelly Chambers:
1. Christina Hendricks – 2. Cara Pifko (VA)
 
Here’s EDI:
1. Tricia Helfer (VA)
 
Here’s Vido Santiago:
1. Richard Green (VA)
 
Here’s Adm. Daro’Xen vas Moreh:
1. Claudia Black (VA + as Aethyta & Rachni-Allied Asari)
 
Here’s Adm. Han’Gerrel vas Neema:
1. Simon Templeman (VA)
 
Here’s Donovan Hock:
1. Stelio Savante (VA)
 
Here’s Capt. Bailey:
1. Michael Hogan (VA)
 
Here’s Gabriella Daniels:
1. Dannah Feinglass (VA + as Avina in ME 1 & 2)
 
Here’s Kenneth Donelly:
1. John Ulyatt (VA)
 
Here’s Aria T’Loak:
1. Carrie Ann-Moss (VA)
 
Here’s Warlord Okeer:
1. Dave Fennoy (VA + as Ronald Taylor)
 
Here’s Urdnot Wreav:
1. Jim Cummings (VA + as the Patriarch)
 
Here’s Gatatog Uvenk:
1. Michael Dorn (VA)
 
Here’s Kolyat Krios:
1. Quinton Flynn (VA)
 
Here’s Kal’Reegar:
1. Adam Baldwin (VA)
 
Here’s Capt. Enyala:
1. Shannon Blanchett (VA)
 
Here’s Adm. Shala’Raan vas Tombay:
1. Shohreh Agadeshloo (VA)
 
Here’s Mouse:
1. Phil LaMarr (VA)
 
Here’s Seryna:
1. April Banigan (VA + as Khalisah Bint Sinan Al-Jilani)
 
Here’s Keiji Okuda:
1. Brian Bloom (VA)
 
Here’s Dana:
1. Jessica Anne Bogart (VA)
 
Here’s Adm. Zaal’Koris vas Qwib Qwib:
1. Martin Jarvis (VA)
 
Here’s Daniel:
1. Yuri Lowenthal (VA)
 
Here’s Pitne For:
1. Chris Postle (VA)
 
Here’s the Illusive Man:
1. Martin Sheen (VA) – 2. David Straithairn – 3. Al Pacino – 4. Bruce Greenwood –
5. Morgan Freeman
 
And here’s Harbinger:
1. Keith Szarabajka (VA + as Liliherax in ME 1, Delan, & Elias Kelham) –
2. Dee Bradley Baker – 3. Bruce Spence

There will be a refined version of the list, combining ME & ME 2 characters, very soon. Thoughts?

Modifié par kyle924, 25 juin 2010 - 06:43 .

[BattlePants]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOEZZZZZZZZZ

[TheKillerAngel]

With so many alien cast members it would probably have to be like Avatar as far as CGI and motion capture goes.

[starboy11]

 wow this is awesome

[TheKillerAngel]

I hope this film will be good. But with the general trend of game-films, I sincerely wish that the Mass Effect series does not get some [solid excretion] stain in the form of a crappy film.

[sumoaltus]

FULL CGI!

[Arandomindividual]

Any actual news on this project since the initial announcement?

[kyle924]

Arandomindividual wrote...

Any actual news on this project since the initial announcement?

Unfortunately, no. It's been a bit longer than a month and we're all speculating.

[hamtyl07]

Patience everyone.......we will hear news soon enough, things like this take time

[FuturePasTimeCE]

 perfect dude to play commander shepard 

[Chewwiiit]

Eyesofjon wrote...

If Keanu Reeves Is Shepard, I will cry.

Agrreeeeeeed !! XD

Matthew Fox is perfect or even Christian Bale would be alright.

But Keanu Reaves ? Can you imagine how bad that would be?!
Not to mention he looks absolutely nothing like Shep. 

[alfieboi]

who will be conrad verner?

[GamerT123]

I Mostly perfer the Movie to be center on the first contact war so that it won't ruin the franchise.

[hamtyl07]

HERES MY VOTE FOR COMMANDER SHEPARD




But seriously I hope they pick someone good i am really mot a big fan of christian bale he did a number on batman.