As we first reported on GameFragger.com, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Fast and Furious and Star Trek Beyond director Justin Lin has been tapped to helm a big-screen adaptation of Arrowhead Game Studios’ Helldivers video game.
Sony Pictures and PlayStation Productions are developing the movie with Lin, who will also produce through his Perfect Storm Entertainment banner. Hutch Parker and PlayStation Productions’ Asad Qizilbash and Carter Swan also produce, while It and Annabelle writer Gary Dauberman has penned the screenplay.
Helldivers was released in 2015, and a sequel, Helldivers 2, followed in 2024. The series is one of PlayStation’s biggest hits, and was recently made available on Xbox.
In the Helldivers games,…