Fast And Furious Director Justin Lin Scores Next Project 

By:Dominic La-Viola

Justin Lin, director of such films as “Better Luck Tomorrow”, more than half of “The Fast And Furious” films,  “Star Trek Beyond”, and “Last Days”, has found his next project. A Sony video game adaptation. 

Lin has been hired to direct the adaptation of Sony’s “Helldivers”. To which, along with directing, he will be producing the film via, Perfect Storm, his production banner. 

Gary Dauberman has been hired to pen the script. Dauberman is known for his horror films including “It”, “Salam’s Lot”, and “Annabelle” films. 

Now, I, like Lin, am not a gamer, although it is said that the video game franchise is heavily inspired and embodies “Starship Troopers”.  Which is a film franchise I am familiar with. 

A group of elite military personnel fighting to destroy alien bugs that are trying to take over and/ or destroy the world. 

Sounds like this is going to be more of a “Starship Troopers” reboot than anything else. Same premise, just different core characters in which we follow on their journey behind enemy lines. 

Although I do get why they are making it an adaptation of the video game and not a “reboot” of the film franchise. 

For as bad as video game adaptations usually are, they do make money. To call it a reboot of the original “Starship Troopers” would probably cost more money and have legal issues with producers owning rights and/ or wanting to be paid for the project.

Not to mention the video game franchise has a massive following and is a very popular game. Whereas the films do have a following, it is considered to be more of a cult classic, then phenomenon.  Giving the video game adaptation angle, a better marketing edge. 

Source: The Hollywood Reporter