User blog comment:Teugene/Mass Effect Movie/@comment-1218306-20100525171249

In my opinion, the movie should NOT include Shepard. It should be done just same the way as the books -- giving references to Shepard, their past actions, etc. Reason is self-explanatory.

The ME universe is rich enough as is. They could always make use of that extra space and put it in the movie. For example, the movie could be a prequel featuring the First Contact War. OR, it could be set after ME3 with its own story, etc etc etc.

I've never been really optimistic about game-based movies (or vice versa), either. They tend to suck, no matter what. And we all know that.