JUST CAUSE: SCORPION RISING movie gets writer

Square Enix’s Just Cause: Scorpion Rising video game is being adapted into a movie. THR reports that Bryan Edward Hill has been hired to write the script for the hit game, which is being produced by Adrian Askarieh and Eric Eisner. A first draft was penned by Michael Ross (Touristas).

Tomb Raider and Hitman were both designed by Square Enix. Scorpion Rising centers on “a black ops agent codenamed the Scorpion who enters a guerilla war to overthrow a dictator.” The video game sequel was released earlier this year and sold more than 3.5 million copies, and a third game is currently in development. The film is planned to focus on the origin of the Scorpion, aka Rico Rodriguez.

Hill co-wrote Broken Trinity: Pandora’s Box, a Witchblade mini-series for Top Cow.  He also co-created the Image comic 7 Days From Hell, which is being made into a movie. I think that Hill will be a great person to write the script. 

What are your thoughts on this news? Do you think that this game will make a good movie?