In 2010, the film rights to "Mass Effect" were picked up by Legendary Pictures, the company behind "Batman Begins," for release by Warner Bros. And Mack Walters, project director for "Mass Effect Legendary Edition," recently spoke to Business Insider about the behind-the-scenes story.

"It felt like we were constantly fighting the IP," Walters said. In 2011, Legendary Pictures was reorganized to focus on television, and producers decided to start over. But then things never really picked up again."

At the Comic-Con film panel, Legendary Pictures confirmed that the movie would depict the events of the first game and would follow a male version of Shepard. However, it does not seem to be the most exciting angle to take in this setting, so perhaps we dodged a bullet there.

Walters said that he thinks the TV series is a good fit for "Mass Effect. If you want to tell a story as fleshed out as "Mass Effect," television is the right place for it. It is a natural fit for episodic content. And given how many video game adaptations Netflix has produced, a TV series may one day be produced. It is even possible that Henry Cavill is involved in a "secret project" related to Mass Effect.

Walters explained how writing for "Mass Effect" is similar to writing for a TV show. When you create a game for MassEffect, you have a backbone and an overall story, but each level or mission is like an episode of a TV show. It's never written in advance. It's never written in advance. So they're added to the main story, and sometimes the main story is adjusted.

Legendary Pictures eventually returned to film production and is responsible for several video game adaptations: "Warcraft," two "Dead Rising" films, and "Detective Pikachu.