Based on THR, Quick & Livid director Justin Lin is about to direct a film based mostly on Helldivers, the favored online game franchise developed by Arrowhead Sport Studios. Sony Footage and PlayStation Productions are collaborating on the venture, which has been scripted by Gary Dauberman, finest identified for the Annabelle trilogy and the It movies.
What Is Helldivers?
The primary Helldivers online game was launched in 2015 and was a major success. Nevertheless, the sequel, Helldivers 2, actually took off, promoting greater than 12 million items on PS5 and PC throughout the first 4 months after its 2024 launch.
Many have in contrast the franchise to Starship Troopers, because the video games observe an elite unit of shock troops dispatched to fight varied threats to humanity, comparable to Bugs, Cyborgs, and the Illuminate, whereas spreading managed democracy. With the identical satirical tone because the Paul Verhoeven flick, Helldivers has been praised as quite a lot of enjoyable, with a giant deal with teamwork and camaraderie.
Though there’s a story to be discovered within the sport, there’s additionally loads of alternative to increase it, which is what attracted Lin to the venture. Based on THR’s insiders, Lin isn’t a giant gamer, however he “aims to find the humanity in the characters and weave timely themes into the story, while building out a world and mythology.” He can even produce the venture by way of his Excellent Storm Entertainment banner, alongside Hutch Parker and PlayStation Productions’ Asad Qizilbash and Carter Swan.
What’s Subsequent for Justin Lin?
Lin is credited with serving to to rework the Quick & Livid franchise right into a billion-dollar juggernaut. He first helmed The Quick and the Livid: Tokyo Drift, and returned for Quick & Livid, Quick 5, Quick & Livid 6, and F9: The Quick Saga. He was slated to direct Quick X, however dropped out after one week of capturing, reportedly because of artistic variations with sequence star Vin Diesel.
Earlier this 12 months, he was tapped to helm BRZRKR, the live-action motion flick based mostly on the comedian of the identical title co-created by Keanu Reeves. BRZRKR is a “brutally epic saga about an immortal warrior’s 80,000 12 months struggle by way of the ages. The person identified solely as ‘B’ is half-mortal and half-god, cursed and compelled to violence, even on the sacrifice of his sanity. However after wandering the earth for hundreds of years, B could have lastly discovered a refuge — working for the U.S. authorities to struggle the battles too violent and too harmful for anybody else. In trade, B will likely be granted the one factor he wishes — the reality about his infinite blood-soaked existence … and how you can finish it.“
He’s additionally nonetheless hooked up to direct One-Punch Man, based mostly on the massively in style manga sequence created by author/artist One.
Lin’s most up-to-date movie was a return to his indie roots. Final Days informed the true story of John Allen Chau, a Christian missionary who was killed whereas trying to evangelize the self-isolated Sentinelese individuals.
