L+E Pictures’ Adrian Askarieh and Eric Eisner are working on adapting Just Cause to the big screen. The two movie producers and gamers are eager to do right by the action series.

“It’s a great action/adventure with a strong central character; two must have elements for a good action film,” said Askarieh.

“The epic scope of the games and, as Adrian said, the Scorpion character is what fascinated me,” added Eisner. “I felt that we had the building blocks to make a very good action film and one that could hopefully translate into a franchise.”

They hope to tell an origin story featuring the Scorpio organization, central character The Scorpion, with plenty of crazy stunts and grappling hook action for good measure.

“We wanted our Casino Royale, if you will, and Michael [Ross] is the perfect writer to execute that,” said Askarieh. “He starts from reality and grounds the story in a plausible universe. Once you have done that, the audience will believe all the extraordinary things Rico/The Scorpion does in the story.”

Source: JustCause.com