Gaming🎮 Just Cause is finally getting a movie, and it will be helmed by Blue Beetle's director

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The long-running Just Cause series has been out of the picture for quite a while now, so excuse us if we didn't expect a movie announcement to come before the reveal of Just Cause 5.

Via The Hollywood Reporter, we've learned that the big-screen Just Cause adaptation, which had been rumored to be happening a few times over the years, is finally moving in a definite direction, as Universal and 87North (Kelly McCormick and David Leitch's film banner) has recruited Blue Beetle's Ángel Manuel Soto to captain the project.

As pointed out by THR's report, previous efforts to get the adaptation off the ground included talent such as Brad Peyton (Rampage, Atlas) and Derek Kolstad (the scribe behind the John Wick franchise) flying in and out "before the rights eventually lapsed." It remains to be seen who's handling a new script, but Ángel Manuel Soto is a decent get for the movie, especially given the genuine Latino voice the story and Rico Rodriguez need. If they can land a killer cast and nail the action, this one should be an easy win.

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