The adaptation of the Just Cause video game franchise—which tragically has nothing to do with the 2005 crime thriller starring Laurence Fishburne and Sean Connery—has named Stuber filmmaker Mike Dowse as director. Deadline reports that Dowse has signed on to the project, which features a script by co-creator of the John Wick franchise, Derek Kolstad, as well as Constantin Film’s Robert Kulzer and Prime Universe Film’s Adrian Askarieh on board as producers. This is a project that's been in and out of development since at least 2017, back when Brad Peyton (Rampage) was attached …
Michael Dowse (Stuber, Netflix's Coffee and Kareem) will direct the feature film version of the Avalanche Studios-Square Enix video game franchise Just Cause.
The creator and writer of the John Wick films, Derek Kolstad, is set to be the screenwriter for a feature film based on the Just Cause franchise.