Sony continues its game toward the big (and small) screen, and last week announced movies based on its Horizon and Helldivers series. Details were still pretty scarce at this point, but now Arrowhead CCO Johan Pilestedt has confirmed one thing about the Helldivers 2 adaptation: the developer will be involved in the next film, but in a somewhat limited capacity.
And that's how it should be, says the executive.
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This little detail comes from an exchange on social media platform X, which was spotted by Agency. When a fan asked whether or not the Helldivers 2 studio would be involved in the film's production to ensure the adaptation stayed faithful to the source material, Pilestedt admitted that he had been “dodging this question” since the announcement.
“The short answer is yes. The long answer is that we'll see,” the CCO responded, before acknowledging that the Helldivers 2 development team “are not Hollywood people” and, therefore, “they don't know what they're doing.” needs to make a movie.” “.
Taking all this into account, Pilestedt stated that the studio will not have the final say on the film. And in your opinion, it shouldn't be that way either, which I guess makes sense.
It has not yet been revealed who will take on the director role for the Helldivers 2 movie. In fact, aside from the news that a movie is in the works as part of a collaboration between Sony Productions and Sony Pictures, there isn't much more concrete to say. at the moment.
“I'm excited to announce that we are working with Sony Pictures on developing a film adaptation of our incredibly popular PlayStation game, Helldivers 2,” was all PlayStation's Asad Qizilbash said during his presentation at CES last week.
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In addition to Helldivers and Horizon, other Sony adaptations include the recently announced Ghost of Tsushima anime for Crunchyroll, which is scheduled for 2027.
Meanwhile, the second season of The Last of Us will air in April this year. This release window was announced last week, along with a trailer showing two live reimaginings of The Last of Us Part 2's most shocking moments.