Jason Momoa Is Teaming With A Quick And Livid Director For A Massive Video Recreation Film – SlashFilm – The Imperial Wire Insider

Jason Momoa is ready to headline a significant online game adaptation. The “Aquaman” and “Wrecking Crew” star has been tapped to star in Sony’s “Helldivers” film, primarily based on the highly regarded recreation of the identical identify. It hails from PlayStation Productions, which was launched to assist flip Sony’s video games into films and TV reveals in 2019. What’s extra, the film has locked down a launch date and a director who will likely be acquainted to “Quick and the Livid” followers.

Based on The Hollywood Reporter, “Helldivers” is ready to hit theaters on November 10, 2027, so mark your calendars and plan accordingly. Justin Lin, who directed a number of of the “Quick & Livid” films, is within the director’s chair for this one. Momoa could have technically labored with Lin on 2023’s “Quick X,” however Lin left “Quick X” shortly after manufacturing started, which means they by no means actually obtained to make a film collectively. That is now set to vary.

Gary Dauberman (“It,” “Annabelle Comes House”) penned the screenplay for the variation. Hutch Parker, Asad Qizilbash, and Lin are on board to supply. There is not any phrase but on who will likely be starring alongside Momoa, however with a launch date now locked in for subsequent yr, manufacturing figures to be gearing up quickly, so we needs to be studying way more within the coming weeks/months. With an A-list star now connected, this film figures to choose up much more steam.

The primary “Helldivers” was launched in 2015 and was fairly widespread, however 2024’s “Helldivers 2” was much more widespread, promoting greater than 12 million copies thus far. It takes quite a lot of affect from Paul Verhoeven’s sci-fi traditional “Starship Troopers.” In some ways, “Helldivers 2” is definitely the right “Starship Troopers” online game. So this will likely be Momoa vs. large alien bugs, kind of.

Within the recreation, gamers enlist within the Helldivers and be a part of the combat for freedom throughout a hostile galaxy in what’s described by Arrowhead Recreation Studios as a “quick, frantic, and ferocious third-person shooter.” It is a squad-based recreation that sees the elite forces battling to win an intergalactic struggle to rid the galaxy of a rising alien menace. Gamers use quite a lot of weapons to shoot and kill these large extraterrestrial bugs. The fight may be very bloody, and it is exhausting to think about this adaptation being something apart from an R-rated affair.

What’s particularly fascinating is that Sony additionally has a brand new “Starship Troopers” film within the works from director Neill Blomkamp (“District 9”). Are these films too comparable? Does “Helldrivers” imply that Blomkamp’s film would possibly wind up on the again burner? All we will do is speculate for now, but it surely’s definitely value noting.

In the meantime, that is one more gigantic franchise with Jason Momoa on the heart of it. He beforehand performed Aquaman within the now-defunct DC Prolonged Universe. Within the new DC Universe, he is taking part in the villain Lobo in “Supergirl,” and we not too long ago obtained our greatest look but at Momoa in motion. The actor additionally appeared in final yr’s smash hit “A Minecraft Film,” which has a sequel as a consequence of start filming very quickly.

The subsequent “Quick & Livid” film, titled “Quick Eternally,” additionally has a 2028 launch date, and Momoa will possible return as Dante Reyes in that as nicely. Oh, and there is additionally “Dune: Half Three,” which arrives later this yr. The person definitely stays busy; he is as in-demand as they arrive.

The “Helldivers” film is ready to hit theaters on November 10, 2027.