Jason Momoa and Fast & Furious director Justin Lin are teaming up to make a Helldivers movie

Jason Momoa peeking out from the side of the screen in front of a Helldivers trooper — (Image credit: Arrowhead Game Studios, Getty Images - Maria Moratti / Contributor)

Gaming's equivalent of classic sci-fi satire film Starship Troopers is about to become Hollywood's take on the gaming equivalent of classic sci-fi satire film Starship Troopers. Which sounds like it should just be Starship Troopers, as we noted when the news of a film adaptation first broke a year ago. But when has a trifling detail like an original premise mattered for a blockbuster?

In this case, Jason Momoa exploding bugs while yelling something like "yeehaw" really loud should more than make up for retreading old ground.

Sony has announced the film adaptation of Helldivers is due November 10, 2027, as reported by Deadline. Momoa is starring—presumably as John Helldiver, until we hear otherwise—while Justin Lin of Fast & Furious fame will direct.

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Lin has some sci-fi experience as well, with 2016's quite fun Star Trek Beyond. There are no details on the plot, the film's proximity to Super-Earth, or how many times Momoa will hug and/or perform explosive handshakes with other members of his squad. Perhaps the screenwriter will be brave enough to make the whole film's framing device a Sopranos-style therapy session in which John Helldiver has to work through his PTSD from fighting automatons at Malevelon Creek.

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