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 grow 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 yr due to Helldivers 2, it is smart 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 definitely an enviornment Blomkamp is properly conversant in, although his final two options have been exterior 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 couple 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 grow to be a Prime Video streaming series.)

Nevertheless, 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 seems like for all of the followers of the 1997 film, this new undertaking 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 purpose is to return to the supply materials.”

What do you consider a brand new Starship Troopers? Add your individual “Would you wish to know extra?” joke right here, in case you should.

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