A fourth Starship Troopers movie will make its way to home-theater early next year.
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions is behind Starship Troopers: Invasion, a CGI-animated feature that continues the story of the universe began in the 1997 Paul Verhoeven sci-fi movie.
Invasion has two of the original’s involved as executive producers: writer Edward Neumeier and actor Casper Van Dien. Manga veteran Shinji Aramaki, who helmed Appleseed and Appleseed Ex-Machina is directing the project, which is now in production. The movie will likely get a theatrical release next year in Japan, where the franchise is popular. In the U.S., the movie may hit some festivals before going to DVD/Blu-ray.
The new story centers on Carl Jenkins, the intelligence officer originated by Neil Patrick Harris in the 1997 movie, going missing while on a clandestine mission with alien bug-fighting soldiers tasked with a rescue mission that has sinister consequences.
I didnt even know there was a 2 and 3 after they screwd up the first movie so bad.
“Screwed-UP???” Apparently U wouldn’t know a good sci-fi if U tripped over it 🙁
No, no, no, no! If they are going to do an animated SST, they need to get the studio nue team’s original mobile suit design, and animate that with a storyline closer to the book, or that at least gets the themes of the books right. Not a continuation of that verhoeven disaster.
I see U2 have been drinking the same “Kool-aide”
This one needs a reboot. A reboot and a reread of the original book before creating a movie script.
Which story line is it gonna follow? The movies or the animated series?
There is a spoiler in the book which will never translate to film or video. IMHO it’s the real theme of the book, and the reason Heinlein chose a first-person viewpoint: Juan “Johnny” Rico never describes himself.