Helldivers 2 devs confirms they don’t have “final say” on movie adaptation because they “don’t know that it takes to make a movie”

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Arrowhead Game Studios’ Helldivers 2 is getting the movie treatment. Alongside Horizon Zero Dawn, Until Dawn and other popular PlayStation games, the Starship Troopers-inspired multiplayer game will be getting its own film.

With the state of Sony video game movies—such as the Tom Holland vehicle Uncharted—being rather dog-water, there is a worry that the film won’t be very good. Since its announcement, fans have wondered whether or not developer Arrowhead is involved, and it turns out its not.

Arrowhead isn’t involved in Helldivers movie

In a statement on Twitter, Arrowhead COO Johan Pilestedt revealed that the Heldivers 2 studios is involved in the movie’s production, but they don’t have “final say” on how faithful it will be. While the studio will be involved in the film’s development, they do not have the right to shut down ideas to make sure it stays faithful to the games.

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“I’ve been dodging this question,” Pilestedt said in regards to being involved with the film. “The short answer is yes. The long answer is that we’ll see. We are not Hollywood people, and we don’t know what it takes to make a movie. And therefore we don’t, and shouldn’t, have final say.”

While TV shows like The Last of Us have been revered for their adherence to the video games, the majority of video game adaptations do fail in their faithfulness to the source material. We all know what happened to Xbox’s Halo adaptation, and the less said about any Uwe Boll movie the better.


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As it stands, Helldivers 2 is a strong template for a movie. Outside of the game’s basic lore, the series is pretty much a blank slate for a film that could make for some epic action. As long as Super Earth’s totalitarian regime is in place and everything looks right, we could be in for a fun time.

For more Helldivers coverage, read about the game’s biggest urban legend finally being confirmed or check out the “very strong” enemy leak that has us quaking in our boots.

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Helldivers 2

  • Platform(s): PC, PlayStation 5
  • Genre(s): Action, Shooter, Third Person
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