Helldivers has discovered its new muscle man.
Alan Ritchson is in talks to star in Sony’s adaptation of its PlayStation online game property. The transfer comes after Jason Momoa exited the mission in early June and can be the primary time the Reacher star headlines a theatrical studio function.
Justin Lin is directing the function adaptation which is about for a launch on Nov. 10, 2027.
Hailing from PlayStation Productions, the Helldivers mission adapts the 2015 recreation and its sequel which have collectively bought greater than 12 million items. The gaming property facilities on Helldivers, a squad of elite shock troopers who should defend the fictional planet of Tremendous Earth from attacking aliens.
Arrowhead Recreation Studios is the corporate behind the sport.
The studio teased the difference throughout its CinemaCon presentation earlier this yr after first asserting the mission at CES in 2025. Momoa grew to become hooked up to the mission on the prime of the yr however by June was out the door. “Inventive variations,” based on sources.
Sony had no touch upon the Ritchson talks.
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Dauberman, the scribe behind the hit It and Annabelle horror films, wrote the preliminary script for the mission, which then caught the eye of Lin, who’s greatest recognized for his work on the Quick and Livid motion films.
Hutch Parker, Asad Qizilbash and Lin are producing.
Ritchson star has been on the rise for the final a number of years since he snagged the titular position in Reacher, the motion sequence that has change into one of many prime titles on Amazon’s Prime Video.
The actor has additionally been muscling his means into films, showing as a part of the ensemble of 2023 Quick & Livid film Quick 10 and in 2024’s Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare from Lionsgate.
This yr he starred within the well-reviewed Motor Metropolis, Potsy Ponciroli’s gritty motion film distributed by IFC and starred in Warfare Machine, the sci-fi motion that grew to become Netflix’s most-watched film this yr and nabbed a spot within the streamer’s all-time prime 10. He at the moment has Runner, wherein he co-stars with Owen Wilson, in theatres from Angel Studios.
He’s repped by WME and Vary Media.