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Published Feb 11, 2026, 12:26 PM EST
Ryan O'Rourke is a Senior News Writer at Collider with a specific interest in all things adult animation, video game adaptations, and the work of Mike Flanagan. He is also an experienced baseball writer with over six years of articles between multiple outlets, most notably FanSided's CubbiesCrib. Whether it's taking in a baseball game, a new season of Futurama or Castlevania: Nocturne, or playing the latest From Software title, he is always finding ways to show his fandom. When it comes to gaming and anything that takes inspiration from it, he is deeply opinionated on what's going on. Outside of entertainment, he's a graduate of Eureka College with a Bachelor's in Communication where he honed his craft as a writer. Between The IV Leader at Illinois Valley Community College and The Pegasus at Eureka, he spent the majority of his college career publishing articles on everything from politics to campus happenings and, of course, entertainment for the student body. Those principles he learned covering the 2020 election, Palestine, and so much more are brought here to Collider, where he has gleefully written on everything from the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes to Nathan Lane baby-birding sewer boys.
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Jason Momoa is about to dive for the glory of Super Earth. The Aquaman and recent The Wrecking Crew star has officially enlisted in Sony Pictures' and PlayStation Studios' upcoming adaptation of Arrowhead Game Studios' Helldivers video game franchise. The casting officially reunites him with Fast & Furious franchise mainstay Justin Lin, who will be directing the feature. Sony isn't delaying in the spread of managed democracy either. With the news of Momoa's casting also came the announcement that the film will be dropping in theaters on November 10, 2027.
Although the initial Helldivers was released in 2015, it wasn't until 2024's Helldivers 2 that the franchise really started taking the world by storm. The live-service game sold more than 12 million copies within the first four months of release and gripped players in an ever-evolving war between the forces of Super Earth and the alien Terminids, Automatons, and Illuminate that threaten freedom everywhere. A gloriously over-the-top Starship Troopers-like sci-fi riff that dials the patriotism up to eleven, it centers on an elite, yet disposable, unit of soldiers known as Helldivers, who drop into battles across the galaxy to turn the tide in favor of humanity, even if it costs them their lives. Momoa's role hasn't been revealed, but it's safe to bet he'll be one of the troops sent into the fires of war to deliver managed democracy across the universe.
Jason Momoa Is Keeping Very Busy On Screen
Just like freedom never sleeps, neither does Momoa. Helldivers adds to an incredibly busy schedule for the star, who's gearing up for a big year on-screen. After already taking over Prime Video with the very dad-coded hit The Wrecking Crew with Dave Bautista, he's finally set to appear in the role of his dreams — as the intergalactic bounty hunter Lobo — when the DCU's Supergirl arrives on June 26. A trip back to Arrakis is also in order, as he's set to return as Duncan Idaho, or at least, a genetically engineered clone of him, in the upcoming Dune: Part Three on December 18. Helldivers won't even be his nearest video game adaptation, as he'll take on the role of Blanka in Street Fighter, premiering on October 16. That's all just the tip of the iceberg for him, too, with Animal Friends, Fast Forever, and a sequel to A Minecraft Movie also on the horizon.
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