The PlayStation-backed Helldivers movie will release on November 10, 2027 with Justin Lin of the Fast and Furious franchise directing. Momoa and Lin previously collaborated on Fast X which was critically-panned but did fine at the box office. That over-the-top franchise certainly has parallels to Arrowhead Game Studios' sci-fi parody of inter-galactic war that's loosely inspired by Starship Troopers, but deftly nailing the same tone as the hit PS5 and PC extraction shooter won't be easy.
In 2002, Lin broke into Hollywood after the success of Better Luck Tomorrow at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2007, Lin made his last indie feature Finishing the Game, a mockumentary that lampooned the movie industry's restless search for the next Bruce Lee after the martial arts icon died during the making of Game of Death. Now, after leaving the Fast & Furious series behind, Lin is back to telling grounded stories of identity, conviction, and purpose,