News Helldivers Jason Momoa Will Fight Bugs in Justin Lin’s Helldivers Adaptation But will this character also have a great gold manicure? By Molly Templeton | Published on February 11, 2026 Photo: Universal Pictures Comment 0 Share New Share Photo: Universal Pictures In December, Sony Pictures and PlayStation Productions found a director for their Helldivers movie: Justin Lin, the man widely credited with bringing the Fast and Furious franchise back to life. Lin is a bit divisive in some SFF circles; there are those who enjoyed his beats-and-shouting approach to Star Trek Beyond, and those who did not. (Whatever else there is to say about that film, the man knew how to drop “Sabotage.”) Lin’s resume certainly suggests that he knows how to handle an action story about soldiers vs. aliens (though some fans were a bit testy that he signed on to the film despite not being a gamer; that was reportedly part of his pitch). Now, said story has a star who also has plenty of action experience: The Hollywood Reporter brings the news that Jason Momoa has landed a lead role in the film, though it’s not been announced exactly what that lead role is. Momoa recently starred in The Wrecking Crew with Dave Bautista, and plays Momo in this summer’s Supergirl film. You may know him as Game of Thrones’ Khal Drogo, or as Aquaman, or from Baywatch, or from Stargate: Atlantis, or as the guy in the pink jacket in the Minecraft film. He also eventually joined the Fast and Furious franchise, though by that time Justin Lin had handed over directorial duties on the increasingly absurd films (Momoa was in Fast X, pictured above, which was directed by Louis Leterrier). Helldivers basically sounds like Starship Troopers but not. The PlayStation website describes the game as “a hardcore, cooperative, twin stick shooter from the creators of Magicka. As part of the elite unit called the HELLDIVERS, players must work together to protect SUPER EARTH and defeat the enemies of mankind in an intense intergalactic war.” (Those all-caps terms are straight from the horse’s PlayStation, so to speak.) The sequel game, Helldivers 2, has sold more than 12 million copies. Lin “aims to find the humanity in the characters and weave timely themes into the story, while building out a world and mythology,” according to THR. But he’s not the writer on the adaptation; that honor falls to Gary Dauberman, whose horror-heavy resume includes Annabelle, It, and The Nun. Helldivers is set to premiere on November 10, 2027. They all better get diving.[end-mark] The post Jason Momoa Will Fight Bugs in Justin Lin’s <i>Helldivers</i> Adaptation appeared first on Reactor.