Starship Troopers remake moves forward with producer Neal H. Moritz
Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz, both credited writers on X-Men: First Class, have been hired to revamp this franchise, which continues currently in anime form.
No other details have been released at this time. It is not known when Starship Troopers will begin production.
Starship Troopers was released November 7th, 1997 and stars Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris, Clancy Brown, Seth Gilliam, Patrick Muldoon. The film is directed by Paul Verhoeven.
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Curtis McCrea
Well, I will not bother going to this. The original film is still a masterpiece today, and it is a film that cannot be remade without failing.
2 months agoby @Curtis-McCreaFlag
Charles Ballard
Let's get this straight people... this is NOT going to be a "re-make". It would need to use the same script and ideas. I DOUBT they will do that. If they have any guts, they'll bring as LITERAL a re-telling of Heinlein's novel as they possibly can to the screen. And stop saying that the original was anything other than what it was. It was a good popcorn flick, a nice way to kill a couple of hours and have a few laughs. It WASN'T deserving of ANY AMOUNT of reverence. Go to your nearest library and borrow the novel by ROBERT A. HEINLEIN. If you can figure out how to locate a book using the DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM. "For the glory of the infantry..."
2 months agoby @Charles-BallardFlag
TellezzZ
leave it alone please. this film was already way ahead of its time and stands on its own still today.
3 months agoby @tellezzzFlag
Smallville
The should focus on a halo movie but remake anthor classic
3 months agoby @smallvilleFlag
Mutant
If PJ can convert LOTR to film then other directors start needing to do that with other books.
3 months agoby @zenderFlag
Escapist
RICO'S RUFFNECKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3 months agoby @escapistFlag
S. E. Roberts
Yes, make it more like the book and it will be great! And then I can say a Starship Troopers movie was actually made. I want the powered armor, bug with weapons and spaceships and the aliens called the "Skinnies". Hollywood screws up everything it touches, do this movie correctly and I might just return to the theaters to see it. Now if they'd only do a real G.I. Joe movie.
3 months agoby @S-E-RobertsFlag
ollie-styrene
Oh noooooo... why??? the first one is one of the best sci-fi movies ever... if they do this, they better not f**k it up.. (as they probably will)
3 months agoby @ollie-styreneFlag
Mka47
BLASPHEMOUS! the original was great. really hope, if anything, it ends up being sequel and not a remake
3 months agoby @mka47Flag
caifa
Killzone 2 art..... or what......
3 months agoby @caifaFlag
Rufio
this is a good idea with one condition: it is made into a serious sci-fi action/battle flick (with the original being campy, a remade one with a serious take seems reasonable).
if they remake another campy version, then i don't think this is necessary.
3 months agoby @rufioFlag
skywise
...and the killzone boxart is a fail
3 months agoby @skywiseFlag
skywise
I dont know how to feel about this. I love the original for its cartoon violence and irreverant take on facism but the movie was corny and the acting....well lets not lie, it was pretty bad. But that is sort of what is so endearing about this movie.
However, if they were to take this more like the novel (I want my jet packs and mechs!!) and keep the bloody battles (its essential in the books) then i might be able to get behind it.
3 months agoby @skywiseFlag
MovieWiz001
Like I said: BETTER TO RE RELEASE THAN REBOOT!!!
... IF YOU WANT TO REBOOT SOMETHING TO MAKE IT BETTER, DO ERAGON!!
...WAIT!....I wanna do that
3 months agoby @moviewiz001Flag
empath86
if there is not nph, i most likely wont be seeing this. i did like the original though, for what it was.
3 months agoby @empath86Flag
bruce_ha
Why is Movieweb using Killzone 2 boxart for this article?
3 months agoby @bruce-haFlag
red_ruddy
I got really excited for a second when I saw the killzone pic
3 months agoby @red-ruddyFlag
SenTTox
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3 months agoby @SenTToxFlag
Perickson81
Why in the flying f*ck would they remake this?? Damn you Hollywood! Find somethin else to do!!
3 months agoby @perickson81Flag
The Kwisatz Haderach
the book is crazy. Only bits and pieces from the book were used for the movie. In the book the soldiers had these crazy mechatech suits they road around in fight the bugs who used spaceships and lazers, they werent mindless like in the book. The book was more of a journal about Rico going through this extensive boot camp and then fighting the bugs briefly before going to officers school. The movie was hilarious though, so cheesy is was good.
3 months agoby @the-kwisatz-haderachFlag
slysnide
Given how the original was NOT a comedy, then a remake based on the book would be totally different. From what I've been told, the soldier's armor/weapons are the only elements which were adapted into the original film. So again, this could easily work.
3 months agoby @slysnideFlag
Justice Kowaleski
@mclovin What if They are just using the starship troopers remake story as a cover up for them making a KillZone Movie that would be legit
3 months agoby @justice-kowaleskiFlag
Mutant
I wouldn't mind a reboot of this, the first film was cheesy and fun to watch. The second faltered because of the acting, storyline, effects and so on. I can't seem to find the third film.
I would like to see this as an epic adventure and done right. Regarding the Star gate comment I found out that we won't be seeing that for some time. It ran it's course and MGM feels it needs to keep it off the grid for a while since SGU didn't do well in the ratings. Personally I liked it for what it was, if it didn't come into fruition SG:A would still be around.
I'm surprised that no one has rebooted or has done a spin-off of Sliders since it's been off the air since the 90's. I'm writing a book on that series.
3 months agoby @zenderFlag
McLovin
What happened to the fourth CGI Starship Troopers movie coming out next summer? And what's up with the Killzone image?!
3 months agoby @ghostmanFlag
SpaceCowboy
Ha! Killzone.
3 months agoby @SpaceCowboyFlag
Mr_Jellyfish
'sci-fi thriller'? that doesn't describe the film at all! It was a satire, and it was funny as hell. If anything it was a parody of the book it was based on. I really hope they don't try to make the story serious!
3 months agoby @mr-jellyfishFlag
Absolute
Hopefully they are actually faithful to the book.
3 months agoby @absoluteFlag
moviegeek
I like the original, but this doesn't need to be remade at all.
3 months agoby @moviegeekFlag
Bawnian-Dexeus
Ok
3 months agoby @bawnian-dexeusFlag
supermanvenom
@movie-nut They won't trust me. They should just leave it alone, original was cheesy but so awesome.
3 months agoby @supermanvenomFlag