During a recent press conference, Sony has announced that the immensely popular shooter Helldivers 2 will be getting a movie adaptation. The project will, unsurprisingly, be headed by Sony Pictures, though no actual details or plot elements have been revealed just yet.

Similarly, there is currently no release date set for the movie - not even an estimate. I'm guessing the project is still in its infancy, as per the complete lack of details or cast, so the whole thing will likely take a couple of years to fully materialize, and that's provided nothing goes wrong behind the scenes.

Personally, I'm both excited and scared. On one hand Helldivers can very easily be adapted into a movie by following the formula set by the similarly satirical Starship Troopers, which is definitely something I'd love to watch. As for why I'm worried, that would be the rapidly descending quality of the follow-up Starship Troopers movies that all seem to completely miss the original's point. Good satire is hard, and considering that Sony decided to throw their lot in with masterpieces like Morbius or Madame Web in recent years, I have my doubts that they're going to treat the Helldivers movie with the respect it deserves.

Whatever the future may bring, I'll make sure to let you know once we have more information, and ideally a trailer to talk about. Until then, give Helldivers 2 a try if you haven't already. It's a ton of fun!

Enjoy, and here's the pre-launch story trailer to give you a bit of an idea of what sort of tone the movie could go for: