A Just Cause movie is in on the way.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the movie – based on Square Enix and Avalanche Studios’ action series – will be led by Blue Beetle director Ángel Manuel Soto, and produced by Kelly McCormick and David Leitch, who also produced The Fall Guy.
Story Kitchen’s Dmitri M. Johnson, Mike Goldberg, and Timothy I. Stevenson – who also worked on the movie adaptations of Tomb Raider and Sonic the Hedgehog – are also on board. Dan Jevons joins the project as executive producer.
THR says Universal “jumped at the chance for the adaptation”, as “the studio sees the title as part of the rising wave of video game adaptations that seem to be supplanting the superhero genre at the box office”, pointing out that the studio’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Five Nights at Freddy’s movies grossed over $1.4 billion and $290 million respectively in the global box office.