‘Aquaman’ Star Jason Momoa to Headline Hit Game ‘Just Cause’ Film Adaptation
“Just Cause” is an action-adventure video game series created by Avalanche Studios and published by Square Enix
Umberto Gonzalez | March 7, 2017 @ 12:08 PM
Last Updated: March 7, 2017 @ 1:39 PM
“Aquaman” Star Jason Momoa has signed on to play Rico Rodriguez in the film adaptation of blockbuster video game franchise “Just Cause,” TheWrap has learned.
“Just Cause” is a action-adventure video game series created by Avalanche Studios and published by Square Enix.
“San Andreas” director Brad Peyton will helm the project.
“Just Cause” revolves around a character named Rico Rodriguez, who works as an operative for a mysterious organization known as the Agency. Plot details for the film are being kept under lock and key.
John Collee (“Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World”) wrote the script for the project, which is being produced by Peyton and Jeff Fierson through ASAP Entertainment, with Vertigo Entertainment’s Roy Lee, Prime Universe Films’ Adrian Askarieh and Supernova Entertainment’s Eva Cao, as well as Mason Xu and Fan Dong through DNA, which is financing the film.
China-based DNA provided the financing for the film. DNA Pictures was founded in 2015 by Mason Xu, former CFO of Bona Film Group, and Dr. Fan Dong.
Momoa will next be seen as Aquaman in Zack Snyder’s “Justice League,” which opens in theaters this November.
Momoa starts filming his own “Aquaman” solo film later this year for an October 2018 release.
Momoa is repped by WME and the law firm of Edelstein, Laird & Sobel. Peyton is repped by CAA.
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Happy National Superhero Day! With film like "Lego Batman" and "Logan," 2017 has already been a great year for superheroes -- and there are five major super-movies still to come.
"Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" May 5, 2017 Set two months after the first film, the Guardians of the Galaxy travel throughout the cosmos and struggle to keep their newfound family together, while helping Peter Quill learn more about his true parentage.
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"Wonder Woman" June 2, 2017 In the early 20th Century, the Amazon princess Diana (Gal Gadot), who is living on the island of Themyscira, meets American military pilot Steve Trevor (Chris Pine) when he is washed ashore. After learning about the ongoing events of a world war from him, she leaves her home to try to help end it.
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"Spider-Man: Homecoming" July 7, 2017 Following the events of "Captain America: Civil War," Peter Parker (Tom Holland) tries to balance his life as an ordinary high school student in Queens, New York, with fighting crime as his superhero alter-ego Spider-Man.
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"Thor: Ragnarok" Nov. 3, 2017 Thor (Chris Hemsworth) must confront the gods when Asgard is threatened with Ragnarok, the Norse apocalypse.
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"Justice League" Nov. 17, 2017 Batman (Ben Affleck), Superman (Henry Cavill), Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), the Flash (Ezra Miller), Aquaman (Jason Momoa) and Cyborg (Ray Fisher) unite to battle the evil Steppenwolf (Ciarán Hinds).
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