With the Super Mario Movie another video game adaptation for the cinema will be released in March. But besides the Illumination title, Sonic the Hedgehog or successful Netflix series like arcane work is being done on further implementations of popular brands. This includes, for example, a feature film from the Rainbow Six series. Although neither the plot nor the release window are currently known, at least we now know who will direct the project. It is, according to the Hollywood Reporter Chad Stahelskiknown among other things as the director of John Wick.
What is known about the film?
Cast-wise, the website has also confirmed a name for the film. That’s how it should be Michael B Jordan once again embody the role of former US Navy Seal John Clark. Clark was the main character of the 2021 release Tom Clancy’s Mercilessthe prequel to the new Rainbow Six movie.
It is currently planned that the new strip will be compared to Tom Clancy’s Merciless in the movie theater should appear. But according to the Hollywood Reporter, nothing is set in stone in this regard. To what extent it will ultimately be a high-quality film is another matter. While the Tomatometer on Rotten Tomatoes at 45 percent is, the audience score is just as meager 38 percent. In the director’s chair, however, was not Chad Stahelski, but Stefano Sollima.
Pcgamesn emphasizes that the choice of Jordan could indicate that one orients oneself more to the books and less to the games from the Tom Clancy cosmos. Incidentally, The Hollywood Reporter notes that Clarke is the main character in the books Rainbow Six and Merciless.
More video game adaptation news
Just got on Netflix with arcane or Cyberpunk: Edgerunners two video game series have garnered attention in the last two years. But while the two adaptations were highly praised, implementations showed how resident Evilhow much can continue to go wrong with such projects.
Sources: Pcgamesn, The Hollywood Reporters, Rotten Tomatoes
