Jason Momoa appears to imagine there’s a future in live-action video game variations. After starring in 2025’s Minecraft and the upcoming Street Fighter adaptation, he’s already bought his subsequent movie primarily based on a beloved video game lined up, because the information that he’ll be starring within the Helldivers movie from Sony Footage.
Initially introduced in January 2025, the Helldivers movie is slowly selecting up steam. Justin Lin is connected to direct and now Jason Momoa is ready to star. Plot particulars haven’t been launched, however it’s anticipated that the movie will comply with the video games’ lead as a satirical tackle warfare and navy propaganda. The tone of the video games is near Starship Troopers, with an emphasis on the absurdity and pointlessness of battle over anything.
Whereas he has largely been identified for his spectacular physique and for enjoying stoic characters in Game of Thrones or Dune, Jason Momoa’s position in Minecraft confirmed he was in a position to flex some comedic muscular tissues as nicely. Curiously, the tone of Helldivers is much like Momoa’s new position within the DCU; Lobo himself was initially designed as a send-up of deliberately gritty comics of the late 80s and early 90s. If the Helldivers movie stays true to the unique video games, it may very well be fairly snug territory for this part of Jason Momoa’s profession.
Helldivers, directed by Justin Lin and starring Jason Momoa, is due out in cinemas on November 10, 2027. It can mark the third yr in a row that Momoa has starred in a big-screen video game adaptation.