A New Starship Troopers Film May Occur, however Possibly Do not Maintain Your Breath

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 develop into a traditional in its personal proper, satirizing concepts about fascism and the military-industrial complicated 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 traces galore.

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

Sci-fi is actually an enviornment Blomkamp is effectively acquainted with, 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 a number of 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 develop into a Prime Video streaming series.)

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

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