Fast & Furious director Justin Lin will helm a live-action film adaptation of PlayStation’s popular Helldivers video games. Lin is best known for directing five of the car-centric action movies, including the fan-favourite Fast Five , as well as 2016’s well-received Star Trek: Beyond , the final installment in the sci-fi series’ modern film trilogy.

The Hollywood Reporter first reported on the news , noting that Lin will approach the material as someone who isn’t a gamer. Instead, he is said to have plans to build up a cast of believable characters in a world with its own mythology.

It will be interesting to see what that all means, considering that Helldivers is already so inspired by movies. In particular, the two games heavily draw from Paul Verhoeven’s Starship Troopers in their depi

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