Starship Troopers Reboot in the Works

[Deltron]

'Starship Troopers' Reboot in the Works (Exclusive)

The bugs are coming back.

Columbia Pictures is rebooting Starship Troopers, the 1997 science fiction film directed by Paul Verhoeven.

The studio has tapped Mark Swift and Damian Shannon, the writing duo behind the upcoming Baywatch movie, to write the script for a new theatrical feature film that would relaunch a potential franchise.

Neal H. Moritz, the producer behind the Fast & Furious franchise, is producing with Toby Jaffe, with whom he worked on the studio's remake of another 1990s sci-fi pic, Total Recall.

Starship Troopers is based on the sci-fi war novel by Robert A. Heinlein that told the military life of a soldier named Johnny Rico, who moves up the ranks as mankind fights a war against alien bugs.

Verhoeven took some of the novel's themes and ran with them, making a movie that satirically took on fascism and militarism and echoed propaganda films like Leni Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will. It starred Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards and Neil Patrick Harris.

It was a mixed success at the time of its release but did achieve a cult following. During the DVD boom of the 2000's, it became a mini-franchise for the studio, which produced three direct-to-DVD movies.

The studio is not remaking the film but is said to be going back to the original Heinlein novel for an all-new take. No personnel from the 1997 film are involved.

 

[KevCo]

Hmmmm loved it as a kid....think with the better tech could be great if they are going back to the source material

 

[42 Monks]

I never say this.

But I am 100% positive they can NOT do this right. Starship Troopers hit on so many levels. I just don't think any studio is capable of doing it right. This shyt would need to be directed and produced by the same crew that does Mr. Robot.

 

[Chef]

You doing too much Hollywood.

 

[Box Cutta]

This is one of my all time-favorite movies. And is one of the FEW movies that was a favorite of mind as a child that HOLDS UP for COMPLETELY DIFFERENT REASONS as an adult.

we'll see how it goes I guess. I know that the source material is completely different from the movie, but the book is said to be fascist in nature, so of course Verhoeven had to make it more of a parody of those themes. I don't trust Hollywood pulling the satire off. Hell, they already fukked up Verhoeven's Robocop and Total Recall. Hell, a lot of these modern blockbuster movies embrace those themes without so much as a hint of satire or critique.

Imagine Zach Snyder remaking this....

 

[Deltron]

Still remember seeing it in the theaters. Never read the book myself but love the fukk outta the movie...the sequels were alright...cartoon was straight.

The trailer w/ Song 2 is engraved into my memory

 

[Cᵣₐₛₕ&ₜₕₑCₒᵤₚ]

First one is a classic

"you wanna live forever"


Always wanted to read the book, just never did ​

 

[Dirty Mcdrawz]

I hope it's more like books...

 

[ezrathegreat]

"You wanna live forever ! "

 

[Notorious 1 E.Y.E.]

They're Not going back and redoing the original film
sounds aiight to me

 

[Ironman]

 

[FaTaL]

They got like 3 or 4 starship trooper movies

 

[YaBishh]

The first is a classic no matter what. With all the advancements in tech, they should do better visualy but the acting and rawness wont be able to be duplicated i dont think. And they arent going to have it Rated R most likely with how all these studios are nowadays

 

[Norrin Radd]

They're going to make it serious and turn it into something like the new Independence Day.

 

[AkaDemiK]

Watched it so much. Classic.