Red Sand takes place in 2148, when humans first find Prothean ruins on Mars and begin to discover their secrets. At the head of this research is Doctor Averroes (Ayman Samman), Colonel Jon Grissom (Mark Meer), Lily Sandhurst (Amy Searcy), and a team of alliance soldiers tasked to defend the valuable artifacts as the threat of biotically-charged, red sand addicted maurauders approach.
Mark Meer stars in the quick teaser video, in which his character (Grissom), begins to tell his story:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8vY3IbB6B4
Funded by the University of Advancing Technology in Tempe, Arizona, the flick has reached a large production size and filming has wrapped up completely, leaving a large amount of post-production work to do before release. We got to speak with Caleb Evans, the director, to talk about the upcoming film:
Game Rant: Any specific release date for the full film aside of the mid-late 2012 window?
How did Mark Meer get involved with the project? Did any discussion on producing something including Commander Shepard himself ever get put on the table with his involvement?
Has anyone from BioWare contacted you about this production?
How many people have been involved in the project?
Were you nervous about getting funding from the University?
Lastly, anything to say to fans of Mass Effect in regards to Red Sand?
From the photos on the group’s Facebook Page, you can see by the sheer amount of green screens that a lot of digital editing is going into the project. We’ll keep you posted when the full video eventually surfaces, and we hope it excites the fans out there who are always hungry for more Mass Effect.
Mass Effect 3 is set for release on March 6th for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. The demo is now available so read our thoughts on it.
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