by Matt Raub, Oct 4 2010 // 12:00 PM
Just when you thought Hollywood would be turning to more real-life based stories like The Social Network, news is now coming in that the video game franchise Just Cause is getting optioned into a major motion picture. Variety has the lowdown.
Eric Eisner’s L+E Pictures has optioned the film rights to Avalanche Studios’ videogame franchise “Just Cause,” which it will develop with producer Adrian Askarieh, of Prime Universe Prods., before shopping it to the studios.
The story revolves around Rico Rodriguez, a black ops agent who is brought in for the sole purpose to complete missions of chaos and bringing down foreign nations. Rodriguez has been referred to as “James Bond, Mad Max, Jason Bourne, El Mariachi, Punisher, Rambo, Tony Montana, and Han Solo all rolled into one. With a touch of Enrique Iglesias.” So you can imagine how important the casting for this character will be.
The first game hit stores on XBox proper back in 2006 and the sequel hit the 360 back in March and has sold just over 3 million units between the two. The script is being penned by Turistas writer Michael Ross, who was also the lead editor for Wrong Turn and the remake of 2001 Maniacs. Ross definitely comes from a horror background, so it will be an interesting turn to see him take on an international spy action.
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Tagged: Adrian Askarieh, Eidos, Eric Eisner, Hitman, Just Cause, Kane & Lynch, L+E Pictures, Michael Ross, Rico Rodriguez, Turistas, XBox
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by Matt Raub, Apr 12 2010 // 8:00 AM
The term “adaptation” has gotten a bad reputation lately. When it’s thrown into the same sentence as “E*Trade baby” or “Battleship” or “Stretch Armstrong”, the last thing we want to hear about is yet another unnecessary movie property.
Luckily, this isn’t one of those cases, as producer Adrian Askarieh, who’s currently working on other comic-to-film properties such as Hack/Slash and Leonardo da Vinci and the Soldiers of Forever, is currently planning a Danger Girl movie. The LA Times recently got a chance to sit down with Askarieh and ask him about about the progress of the project, and it seems like they even have a director signed.
It is the story of a lost girl who, through this incredibly kick-ass adventure, finds her destiny, comes of age and helps save the world. What’s interesting is that our director, Todd Lincoln, who will also be executive producer on the project, my producing partner on this, Daniel Alter and myself were all independently huge fans of the book. When the opportunity arose to do this together and to work closely with creator J. Scott Campbell, we couldn’t resist because of that “tip of the hat” sensibility the book so effectively embodies.
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Tagged: Adrian Askarieh, Avatar, Comic-Con, Danger Girl, Daniel Altar, Hack/Slash, J. Scott Campbell, Leonardo da Vinci and the Soldiers of Forever, Todd Lincoln
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