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Fast & Furious<\/em><\/a> director Justin Lin<\/a> will direct a film adaptation of the popular video game franchise Helldivers<\/em>, Entertainment Weekly <\/em>has learned.<\/p>\n Released in 2015, the first Helldivers <\/em>spawned a sequel released last year. The game is about the Helldivers \u2014 an elite unit of soldiers \u2014 forced to defeat aliens as they attempt to conquer what’s known as Super Earth.<\/p>\n The script for the film is set to be written by Gary Dauberman, who wrote horror films It<\/em> and Annabelle<\/em>.<\/p>\n Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our EW Dispatch newsletter<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Producers will include Hutch Parker, PlayStation Productions’ Asad Qizilbash and Carter Swan, as well as Lin, via his Perfect Storm Entertainment.<\/p>\n EW<\/em> has reached out to reps for Lin.<\/p>\n Lin is “not a gamer” and “leaned into that as a strength when pitching his take on the material,” insiders told The Hollywood Reporter<\/em><\/a>, which was the first to report the news.<\/p>\n “He aims to find the humanity in the characters and weave timely themes into the story, while building out a world and mythology,” the outlet said.<\/p>\n Lin’s previous directing credits include entries into the blockbuster car-racing franchise, including 2006’s The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift<\/em>; 2009’s Fast & Furious<\/em>; 2011’s Fast Five<\/em>; 2013’s Fast & Furious 6<\/em>; and 2021’s F9: The Fast Saga<\/em>.<\/p>\n He was also behind the camera on the films Star Trek Beyond<\/em> (2016) and Annapolis<\/em> (2006), as well as TV episodes of True Detective<\/em>, Community<\/em>, and the Magnum P.I. <\/em>reboot.<\/p>\n