At CES 2025 Sony Productions announced that they are currently working on a Helldivers movie, which is confusing because a Helldivers movie already exists. It’s called Starship Troopers and it’s amazing.
Alright, obviously I jest. Although it is kind of funny that Helldivers is getting a movie when Helldivers the game is already heavily influenced by the Starship Troopers movie, which of course was also based on the original book. So we’re getting a movie based on a game that was based on a movie which was based on a book.
Joking aside, Asad Qizilbash, head of PlayStation Productions, said: “Looking ahead as to what might come next, I’m excited to announce we are working with Sony Pictures on developing a film adaptation of our amazingly popular PlayStation game Helldivers 2.”
The announcement was made alongside the news that Horizon Zero Dawn is also getting made into a full-fledged film.
Helldivers 2 turned out to be a surprise smash-hit when it released in early 2024, managing to sell 12 million copies in just 12 weeks, making it the fastest selling PlayStation game ever. And becoming a culture powerhouse where it seemed like everyone was was signing up to fight for Super Earth. It even made it into my top games of the year list.
While it has had a issues, it’s currently going through a bit of a resurgence thanks to the new Omens of Tyranny updated which added a third enemy faction into the game.
Honestly, I’m quite excited by the idea of a Helldivers movie. Maybe it’s too obvious or derivative, but in my head it would have a very Starship Troopers vibe, something which even the Starship Troopers sequels failed to capture.
It’d probably be hard to do, but I’d personally love it if the film didn’t follow a single Helldiver but instead followed a series of them as they each get killed off in stupid or heroic ways before being replaced by another Helldiver who carries on the story.