A reboot of 'Starship Troopers' is in the works at Sony, with 'District 9' and 'Chappie' director Neill Blomkamp attached to helm.

A reboot of ‘Starship Troopers’ is in the works at Sony, with ‘District 9’ and ‘Chappie’ director Neill Blomkamp attached to helm.

    • jonne@infosec.pubEnglish
      4·
      2 months ago

      He seems to have similar politics to Verhoeven, so I’m sure it’ll be the same kind of science fiction satire.

  • qyron@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    13·
    2 months ago

    I respect this guy’s work. District 9 is a goid movie. Gran Turismo was very enjoyable to watch. Then there is Chappy and Elisium, which hit hard as well.

    I’ve read the book. I’ve seen the original movie.

    Considering the track record of the man, I want to risk conditions are met for a good movie to be created. I seriously doubt it will be agreeable to everyone, considering the book deals heavily with fascism and authoritarianism.

    If we get a good action film with a very hard undertone of social and political critique, we’ll be very fortunate.

    • jagermo@feddit.orgEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      Perfect time for it, Verhoeven touched on it,bit was too subtle for most (I mean, Carls uniform in the end ia anything but…)

      I’m actually looking forward to it.

  • jaycifer@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    2 months ago

    With Blomkamp working on it, I’m interested. I wonder if he will try to recreate the satire of the Verhoeven movie, follow the book more closely, or try to compare/reconcile the two. I hope it’s the last one, or at least not just a retread of the Verhoeven movie since that still holds up on its own.

    Edit: I wish I’d read the article before posting (:/) because it sounds like they’re going for a more faithful rendition of the book! As someone whose ideals were influenced by the book’s themes of political responsibility, I am cautiously optimistic.

  • then_three_more@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    Colour me interested.

    It’ll be interesting to see if any elements from the book actually make it into this one.