Justin Lin, best known for his work on the Fast and Furious franchise, has been tapped to direct Sony Pictures’ and PlayStation Productions’ film adaptation of "Helldivers," based on the popular video game franchise from Arrowhead Game Studios.
Lin will also produce the feature via his Perfect Storm Entertainment banner, alongside Hutch Parker and PlayStation Productions’ Asad Qizilbash and Carter Swan.
Gary Dauberman, the scribe behind the hit It and Annabelle horror movies, penned the script.
The game received critical acclaim when it first came out in 2015 and the sequel, Helldivers 2, sold more than 12 million units across PS5 and PC in the first four months after its launch in 2024.
The game recently expanded to Xbox and is built on teamwork, camaraderie, humor and action.
The concept, which recalls Sony’s Starship Troopers movies, centers on an elite unit of shock troopers, known as Helldivers, who must battle aliens known in simple terms as Bugs, Cyborgs, and Illuminate, threatening to destroy the fictional interplanetary and faux-democratic empire of Super Earth.
On top of now working in the growing video game adaptation sphere, Lin remains in development and is attached to direct "One-Punch Man," which adapts the hugely popular manga.
He remains on "Brzrkr," the adaptation of the Keanu Reeves-created comic set up at Netflix, though he is off of crime thriller "Stakehorse" at Amazon MGM.
The filmmaker is known for turbo-charging the Fast & Furious franchise into a multi-billion-dollar global phenomenon.
After directing "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift," he went on to direct "Fast & Furious," "Fast Five," "Fast & Furious 6," and "F9: The Fast Saga," which have collectively earned $2.66 billion globally.
Lin also helmed "Star Trek Beyond," the final film in the modern Star Trek trilogy.
He most recently returned to his indie roots for "Last Days," a true-life drama that premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
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