Helldivers 2 Is So Big It's Already Getting a Hollywood Adaptation | Push Square

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Wow, from plucky PS4 and PS Vita isometric shooter to one of the biggest games in the world to the big screen, huh? Someone will need to write a case study on the success of Helldivers 2 one day.

While very few details were announced, PS Productions bigwig Asad Qizilbash took to the stage at CES 2025 today to announce that Sony is working on a big screen adaptation of its fastest-selling first-party game ever.

Helldivers is obviously hugely inspired by campy sci-fi horror, so we’re curious how this film will set itself apart from its evident inspiration, like Starship Troopers. There’s no word on who will write, direct, or star in the movie just yet.

This one’s probably quite a way out, although if Helldivers 2 retains its popularity and becomes the long-term live service success Sony hopes it’ll be, then the game should still be very relevant when the film eventually drops.

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If we can't get more Starship Troopers on theaters this is the next best thing, it just needs to be crazy and fun. I hope they offer a cameo to Van Dien.

So it’s a new Starship Troopers.

The movie should be about multiple teams that keep getting killed and the story moves to a new team and after ten minutes they get killed and they move to another team. Kind of how they did it in hunt. Lean into the joke.

Well they must keep the essense of the game: HUMOUR

Will it have jack black and Kevin Hart?

that’s cool. i’m glad to see a live service game doing so good, and even getting a movie!

Adam McKay would nail the tone as director. He would never do it… but he would be perfect.

@anon_pel222 ...like Starship Troopers.

@sonicmeerkat
I sure hope not.