A New Starship Troopers Film Might Occur, however ...

First issues first: do we actually want a brand new tackle Starship Troopers? Paul Verhoeven’s 1997 adaptation of Robert Heinlein’s classic 1959 novel has turn out to be a basic in its personal proper, satirizing concepts about fascism and the military-industrial advanced with a uniquely potent cheekiness. It additionally gave us Neil Patrick Harris as a psychic who talks to alien bugs, Denise Richards as a kick-ass starship pilot, and Michael Ironside as a grizzled but fierce squad chief—plus squishy violence, weird sports, and quotable strains galore.

With 1997’s Starship Troopers creeping again into pop-culture consciousness final 12 months because of Helldivers 2, it is smart that Hollywood would need to capitalize with a brand new movie model. As the Hollywood Reporter has revealed, Columbia has tapped Neill Blomkamp (District 9, Elysium, Chappie) to put in writing and direct.

Sci-fi is actually an enviornment Blomkamp is properly accustomed to, although his final two options have been outdoors the style: 2021 horror movie Demonic and 2023 sports activities drama Gran Turismo. However since his breakthrough with 2009’s District 9, he’s additionally been related to just a few high-profile initiatives that didn’t find yourself getting off the bottom, together with entries within the Alien and RoboCop franchises. (RoboCop, which was additionally directed by Paul Verhoeven, is now slated to turn out to be a Prime Video streaming series.)

Nonetheless, the previous is the previous, and Blomkamp could but discover his subsequent sci-fi success within the far-future setting of Starship Troopers. And it feels like for all of the followers of the 1997 film, this new challenge will symbolize a contemporary spin on Heinlein’s story; as THR notes, “Blomkamp’s take is just not a remake of the Verhoeven film, and sources say the objective is to return to the supply materials.”

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