Jason Momoa will be serving out cups of Liber-Tea as he joins the Helldivers movie

Left: Jason Momoa at the Dune: Part One premier. Right: Lead art for Helldivers 2 showing a group of futuristic soldiers defending against alien bugs. — Jason Momoa as Duncan Idaho in "Dune" (Image credit: Getty Images / Arrowhead Studios)

It seems like Jason Momoa is everywhere these days, with last year's "A Minecraft Movie" and Apple TV’s "Chief of War" featuring the humongous Hawaiian actor. Then comes this year’s "Supergirl" flick, playing Lobo, and "Dune: Part 3" portraying a cloned Duncan Idaho.

Now add "Helldivers" to his creative plate, an upcoming project based on the bestselling sci-fi shooter video game, as news just erupted that Momoa will be starring in a live-action adaptation.

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"Helldivers" was initially released in 2015 by Arrowhead Game Studios. This isometric shoot 'em up put players in the role of shock troop commandos protecting a futuristic (and possibly fascist) Super Earth from a variety of disruptive antagonists like The Bugs, the augmented separatists called the Cyborgs, and a hostile breed of alien squid known as the Illuminate. These elite forces keep the world's "measured democracy" safe and sane.

It was a reasonable success for the team, but it wasn't until the sequel, "Helldivers 2," was finally unchained nine years later that Helldivers became a gaming juggernaut. The camera switched to third-person, the mayhem was dialed up to eleven, and the rest is history. Helldivers 2 has sold over 20 million copies across PS5, Xbox, and PC, winning a torrent of awards along the way. This success led Sony to greenlight the movie project in January 2025.

This "Helldivers" movie project will apparently be an adaptation of "Helldivers 2," and its producers include Hutch Parker, PlayStation Productions' Asad Qizilbash, and Justin Lin via his company Perfect Storm Entertainment. There are obvious comparisons to the 1997 sci-fi classic "Starship Troopers," but that's a flattering compliment, and we can't wait to know more!

"Helldivers" is slated to charge into movie theaters on Nov. 10, 2027.

Jeff Spry is an award-winning screenwriter and veteran freelance journalist covering TV, movies, video games, books, and comics. His work has appeared at SYFY Wire, Inverse, Collider, Bleeding Cool and elsewhere. Jeff lives in beautiful Bend, Oregon amid the ponderosa pines, classic muscle cars, a crypt of collector horror comics, and two loyal English Setters.

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