User blog comment:Teugene/Mass Effect Movie/@comment-730941-20100525035224

They don't actually explicitly say in this article that the movie will be based around the game - just the universe.

I can envisage a movie about the discovery of the Prothean ruins and the First Contact War that doesn't totally screw up the game's canon. It doesn't even have to reference Shepard, especially if Anderson is the main character.

That being said, if they do turn it into a popcorn blockbuster heads will roll :/