Well, here's a thing: according to The Wrap...

“Aquaman star Jason Momoa has signed on to play Rico Rodriguez in the film adaptation of blockbuster video game franchise Just Cause, TheWrap has exclusively learned. Just Cause is an action-adventure video game series created by Avalanche Studios and published by Square Enix."

Late last year, the world got its first top-shelf video game adaptation with Justin Kurzel's Assassin's Creed. That film - which sported an all-star cast, a sizable budget, and the full backing of the game studio that produced the game the film was based on - had a better chance of being a good film than any other previous video game adaptation. It did not break the game-to-film curse.

What are the odds that Just Cause will be the one to do it? Speaking as someone who's played each of the Just Cause games: feels unlikely. This is precisely the sort of game people are talking about when they talk about how video game adaptations can't translate their best element - the actual gameplay - to film.

Just Cause is an open-world sandbox game that lets you shoot, explode, and zipline your way through destructible environments and gorgeous locales; the plot and every one of its characters are borderline irrelevant. The gameplay is absolutely the franchise's greatest feature. I can't even remember any of the storylines in the Just Cause games, and again, I've played all of them.

Anyway, there can be no doubt that a Just Cause movie will be explosive and spectacular. There's zero doubt in my mind they'll get that element right. Whether or not it'll be any good beyond that will depend entirely on what they build all those explosions around.

My pitch: make it a satire. Get Phil Lord and Chris Miller involved as soon as humanly possible. Cross all fingers.