Starship Troopers is a forthcoming American sci-fi action horror film being scripted by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift (Friday the 13th, 2009; Freddy vs. Jason) for Columbia Pictures. Neal H. Moritz (Fast & Furious franchise) and Toby Jaffe (Total Recall remake) are producing.
The Hollywood Reporter states that the new film will receive a theatrical release and is intended to reboot the franchise that spun off the original 1997 sci-fi horror movie directed by Paul Verhoeven.
Like that Starship Troopers adaptation, the new film will also be be based on Robert A. Heinlein’s science fiction war novel about a soldier named Johnny Rico who moves up the ranks as mankind fights a war against alien bugs.
Commenting further, Shannon and Swift have tweeted:
“For the record, we think Verhoeven’s version is amazing and we aren’t trying to redo it. Will talk more about it soon, but we’re excited!”
