EXCLUSIVE: Amazon MGM Studios’ long-gestating Mass Effect TV series is taking a major step forward in its development with the hire of Doug Jung (The Chief Of War) as showrunner. He will be working alongside Dan Casey who has been writing the project for almost a year.
Mass Effect, based on Electronic Arts’ best-selling sci-fi video game franchise, has been in the works since 2021 when Amazon MGM Studios made a deal with the interactive entertainment software company.
Jung and Casey executive produce alongside Michael Gamble of Electronic Arts, Karim Zreik of Cedar Tree Productions via the company’s overall deal at Amazon as well as Ari Arad and Emmy Yu of Arad Productions.
Developed by BioWare, Mass Effect launched in 2007 with the first game, which follows Systems Alliance Navy vet Commander Shepard who must fight against an ancient machine race that looks to invade the Milky Way. The franchise includes the second and third installments of the Mass Effect trilogy as well as Mass Effect: Andromeda, with a fifth entry in the works.
Jung most recently served as executive producer and showrunner on Apple TV+’s upcoming series The Chief of War, which premieres August 1. His series credits also include Netflix’s Mindhunter, Cinemax’s Banshee and HBO’s Big Love. In features, he co-wrote Paramount’s Star Trek Beyond. Jung is repped by UTA, Circle Management + Production and Hansen Jacobson Teller.
