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Arrowhead CEO Responds to Call for the Helldivers Movie Director to Play the Game at Least Once
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<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 69409" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><img src="https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2024/05/12/hd2-blog-1709811363355-1715480666596.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p>The CEO of Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has responded to fan concern about the choice of Justin Lin as the director of the Helldivers movie, after it emerged he leaned into <em>not</em> being a gamer for his pitch.</p><p></p><p>Helldivers 2 is an explosive co-op focused action shooter that’s a lot like a video game version of cult sci-fi classic Starship Troopers. You play as a disposable soldier in an ongoing galactic war, defending a fascist Super Earth regime against alien robots called Automatons and bugs called Terminids, all the while preaching "Managed Democracy." (Incidentally, <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/after-announcing-a-helldivers-movie-sony-is-now-officially-rebooting-starship-troopers" target="_blank">Sony is also working on a new Starship Troopers movie</a>, which should make for a somewhat bizarre one-two punch of sci-fi satire.)</p><p></p><p>This week, <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/helldivers-movie-justin-lin-sony-1236438370/" target="_blank"><u>The Hollywood Reporter</u></a> confirmed that Justin Lin is set to direct the upcoming Helldivers live-action film adaptation. Lin is best known for his work on the Fast & Furious films, and was the director of the series from 2006’s The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift to 2013’s Fast & Furious 6. He also directed 2016’s Star Trek Beyond, the final film in the modern Star Trek trilogy, and 2021’s F9.</p><p></p><p></p><p>But it was one paragraph in THR’s story that raised eyebrows within the Helldivers community:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Some fans are now worried that Lin simply won’t get what Helldivers is about because he’s not a gamer and, presumably, hasn’t played Arrowhead’s shooter. And because of that, some players believe, the Helldivers movie is at risk of missing the video game’s vibe.</p><p></p><p>Over on the official Helldivers Discord, Arrowhead CEO Shams Jorjani briefly addressed this concern. He first responded to one fan who asked if they could direct the Helldivers movie instead of Lin, <a href="https://discord.com/channels/1102970375731691612/1102973812179488798/1445530210098352138" target="_blank">saying</a>: “let Justin Lin work his magic.”</p><p></p><p>Jorjani then responded to the following question from a fan:</p><p></p><p>“If you guys have any sway with Sony over the movie can you make sure the director plays the game at least once or at least sees some gameplay?”</p><p></p><p><a href="https://discord.com/channels/1102970375731691612/1102973812179488798/1445533561435459634" target="_blank">Jorjani replied</a>: “I trust Justin. He did a great job on the Star Trek movie.”</p><p></p><p></p><p>Arrowhead will likely face this sort of concern until fans see the Helldivers movie in trailer form, or hear from Lin himself on his vision for the film. And Helldivers is not alone in this approach. <a href="https://www.ign.com/tv/god-of-war-the-series" target="_blank">Amazon’s adaptation of God of War</a> is helmed by Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica’s Ronald D. Moore, who isn’t a gamer either.</p><p></p><p>But it is in contrast to the situation with the Elden Ring movie, which is being directed by Ex Machina and Civil War director and self-confessed Elden Ring superfan Alex Garland. In June, Garland <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/elden-ring-movie-director-alex-garland-is-on-his-7th-playthrough-of-the-game-reveals-his-toughest-boss" target="_blank"><u>told IGN he was on his seventh playthrough of FromSoftware's epic fantasy RPG</u></a>, and revealed the boss he found the toughest to take down.</p><p></p><p>As for Helldivers, in January, Arrowhead CCO Johan Pilestedt <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/helldivers-2-developers-dont-and-shouldnt-have-final-say-on-the-upcoming-movie" target="_blank"><u>insisted the studio shouldn't have the final say on the Helldivers movie because it doesn't know anything about making films</u></a><u>.</u></p><p></p><p>"We are not Hollywood people, and we don't know what it takes to make a movie," Pilestedt said. "And therefore we don't, and shouldn't, have final say.”</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at <a href="mailto:wesley_yinpoole@ign.com">wesley_yinpoole@ign.com</a> or confidentially at <a href="mailto:wyp100@proton.me">wyp100@proton.me</a>.</em></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/arrowhead-ceo-responds-to-call-for-the-helldivers-movie-director-to-play-the-game-at-least-once" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 69409, member: 1"] [IMG]https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2024/05/12/hd2-blog-1709811363355-1715480666596.jpg[/IMG] The CEO of Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has responded to fan concern about the choice of Justin Lin as the director of the Helldivers movie, after it emerged he leaned into [I]not[/I] being a gamer for his pitch. Helldivers 2 is an explosive co-op focused action shooter that’s a lot like a video game version of cult sci-fi classic Starship Troopers. You play as a disposable soldier in an ongoing galactic war, defending a fascist Super Earth regime against alien robots called Automatons and bugs called Terminids, all the while preaching "Managed Democracy." (Incidentally, [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/after-announcing-a-helldivers-movie-sony-is-now-officially-rebooting-starship-troopers']Sony is also working on a new Starship Troopers movie[/URL], which should make for a somewhat bizarre one-two punch of sci-fi satire.) This week, [URL='https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/helldivers-movie-justin-lin-sony-1236438370/'][U]The Hollywood Reporter[/U][/URL] confirmed that Justin Lin is set to direct the upcoming Helldivers live-action film adaptation. Lin is best known for his work on the Fast & Furious films, and was the director of the series from 2006’s The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift to 2013’s Fast & Furious 6. He also directed 2016’s Star Trek Beyond, the final film in the modern Star Trek trilogy, and 2021’s F9. But it was one paragraph in THR’s story that raised eyebrows within the Helldivers community: Some fans are now worried that Lin simply won’t get what Helldivers is about because he’s not a gamer and, presumably, hasn’t played Arrowhead’s shooter. And because of that, some players believe, the Helldivers movie is at risk of missing the video game’s vibe. Over on the official Helldivers Discord, Arrowhead CEO Shams Jorjani briefly addressed this concern. He first responded to one fan who asked if they could direct the Helldivers movie instead of Lin, [URL='https://discord.com/channels/1102970375731691612/1102973812179488798/1445530210098352138']saying[/URL]: “let Justin Lin work his magic.” Jorjani then responded to the following question from a fan: “If you guys have any sway with Sony over the movie can you make sure the director plays the game at least once or at least sees some gameplay?” [URL='https://discord.com/channels/1102970375731691612/1102973812179488798/1445533561435459634']Jorjani replied[/URL]: “I trust Justin. He did a great job on the Star Trek movie.” Arrowhead will likely face this sort of concern until fans see the Helldivers movie in trailer form, or hear from Lin himself on his vision for the film. And Helldivers is not alone in this approach. [URL='https://www.ign.com/tv/god-of-war-the-series']Amazon’s adaptation of God of War[/URL] is helmed by Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica’s Ronald D. Moore, who isn’t a gamer either. But it is in contrast to the situation with the Elden Ring movie, which is being directed by Ex Machina and Civil War director and self-confessed Elden Ring superfan Alex Garland. In June, Garland [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/elden-ring-movie-director-alex-garland-is-on-his-7th-playthrough-of-the-game-reveals-his-toughest-boss'][U]told IGN he was on his seventh playthrough of FromSoftware's epic fantasy RPG[/U][/URL], and revealed the boss he found the toughest to take down. As for Helldivers, in January, Arrowhead CCO Johan Pilestedt [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/helldivers-2-developers-dont-and-shouldnt-have-final-say-on-the-upcoming-movie'][U]insisted the studio shouldn't have the final say on the Helldivers movie because it doesn't know anything about making films[/U][/URL][U].[/U] "We are not Hollywood people, and we don't know what it takes to make a movie," Pilestedt said. "And therefore we don't, and shouldn't, have final say.” [I]Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email]wesley_yinpoole@ign.com[/email] or confidentially at [email]wyp100@proton.me[/email].[/I] [url="https://www.ign.com/articles/arrowhead-ceo-responds-to-call-for-the-helldivers-movie-director-to-play-the-game-at-least-once"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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