Sierra Pictures had officially announced their plans to finance and produce the big screen adaptation of “Ciudad.” The film will be adapted from the upcoming Oni Press graphic novel by Captain America: The Winter Soldier helmers Joe and Anthony Russo and Ande Parks and Fernando Leon. In addition, the company has announced that  John Pogue is attached to direct with Joe Russo himself providing the adapted screenplay.

The story follows a weary mercenary, who is hired by a Brazilian drug lord to extract his daughter from one of the world’s most dangerous and corrupt cities: Paraguay’s Ciudad del Este.

Eric Gitter and Peter Schwerin are producing the project through the Closed on Mondays Entertainment banner. Joe and Anthony Russo and Closed on Mondays’ Joe Nozemack will executive produce with David Guillod of Intellectual Property Group. Sierra’s Nick Meyer and Marc Schaberg will also executive produce the project. Closed on Mondays’ James Lucas Jones and Steven V. Scavelli will co-produce with Kelly McCormick, Sierra/Affinity’s Senior Vice President of Production and Acquisitions, overseeing.

Last year, Dwayne Johnson was rumored to be signed on for the lead role but has since dropped out. There is currently no word on who will star in the adaptation or a projected theatrical release date.

Production on “Ciudad” is targeting a spring 2014 shoot in Columbia.