As part of the publisher’s planned ‘transmedia’ approach to the releases of its future blockbuster videogames, THQ (in collaboration with SyFy) has announced that a two-hour live-action movie pilot set in the Red Faction universe is scheduled to air in March 2011.

Entitled ‘Red Faction: Origins’ (working title), the movie is set between the events of the previously released Red Faction: Guerrilla, and next year’s Red Faction: Armageddon, which is also set for release in March next year.

The screenplay for Red Faction: Origins was written by writer and producer Andrew Kreisberg (Warehouse 13, Fringe, Vampire Diaries and Boston Legal), and was based on a story developed by THQ’s director of fiction development, Paul DeMeo (The Rocketeer, Flash, Viper, The Sentinel).

Here’s the story setup for Red Faction: Origins:

”Twenty-five years have passed since Alec Mason led the Martian Colonies to freedom…and ten years since vengeful enemies killed his wife, kidnapped his daughter Lyra, and left a broken hero in their wake.

”Jake Mason, Alec’s last surviving son and a ranger in the Red Faction Militia, had never abandoned hope that somewhere in the raw outlands of Mars, his sister was still alive. Now, just as a powerful new enemy swarms across the planet, he’s found her, only to learn that his long lost sister is one of them…a cold-blooded soldier sworn to destroy the Red Faction and conquer the planet in the name of a madman. Jake must now battle the relentless regime and somehow reunite a family torn apart by war.”

Executive Vice President of Core Games at THQ, Danny Bilson said of Red Faction: Origins:

“THQ is blazing a new trail in the gaming industry with our partnership with Syfy by introducing the Red Faction franchise to a new and broader audience. This unique transmedia collaboration is one of many strategic initiatives in place to dramatically increase awareness for Red Faction Armageddon and extend the Red Faction brand across a wide variety of entertainment channels.”

You can browse El33tonline’s previous coverage of Red Faction: Armageddon and Red: Faction: Guerrilla to get fully entrenched in the universe.