GameDaily recently sat down with Hollywood producer Adrian Askarieh, who has had his hand in several video game to motion picture adaptations, including Hitman, Just Cause, Kane & Lynch, and Spy Hunter.

Of Spy Hunter, which seems to have fallen into limbo between production and Midway's woes, he says:

Spy Hunter was my baby. I worked on it for six years and it was the most heartbreaking experience I've gone through in the business. Everybody who has had any kind of success in the film business has a story like that, and I think it's almost a rite of passage. I worked on it for six years, it didn't come to fruition at Universal, the option collapsed, Midway was incredibly generous to us, and Warner Brothers bought Midway and they're going to do the movie. I wish them the best of luck and I'm going to go see it in the movie theater.

Here's hoping they can get The Rock back for it.

He also has a bit to say about a second Hitman movie:

When it comes to Hitman 2, Tim Olyphant is working on a new TV show, so are you going to get a new Hitman in terms of the actor?

We haven't discussed that. We and the studio are all waiting for the script to come in to make some very big decisions, but we'd love to have Tim if he wants to do the movie. We'd love to have him back.

We read that Hitman 2 will tap into the new Hitman 5 game coming out next year. Have you played that game yet?

No, I haven't played it. It's not ready to be played, but I've seen some key material from it and honestly, it's the most mind-blowing thing I've seen in terms of how a franchise takes it to the next level. I mean, they've done it with Just Cause 2, because Just Cause 2 is just so much bigger and different than Just Cause, and I love Just Cause. I predict Hitman 5 will be the biggest Hitman game. So the movie's not based on that, but it's a really unique, cool, creative storyline with ideas and interesting characters that we're using for Hitman 2.

For the full interview, which also delves into Kane & Lynch, Just Cause, and why Max Payne and Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li didn't light up the box office, check out the full interview at GameDaily here.