“Logo Text Johnny Rico Is Coming Back to Kill Some More Bugs. Columbia Pictures is Playing A New Starship Troopers Movie, Setting District 9 Filmmaker Neill Blomkamp to WRITE and DIRECT An adaptation of the classic sci-fi no. BLOMKAMP WILL ALSO PRODUCE The FEATURE ALONGSIDE TERRI Tatchell, his Partner and”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
Johnny rico is coming back to kill some more bugs.
Columbia Pictures is Plotting A New Starship Troopers Movie, Setting DISTRICT 9 Filmmaker Neill Blomkamp to WRITE AND DIRECT ADACTION OF THE CLASSIC Sci-Fi Novel Story by Robert A. Heinlein.
BLOMKAMP WILL ALSO PRODUCE The FEATURE ALONGSIDE TERRI TATCHELL, HIS Partner and Wife Who Co-Wrote The South African Filmmaker’s DISTRICT 9 and 2015 Outing, Chappie.
Publissed in 1959, Troopers Ostensibly told of An Interstellar War Between Earth and A Host of Bug-Like Aliens, and Focused On a rise of a Military Serviceman Named Johnny Rico. But The Story Had of Things on Its Minds, Like Exploring the Strengths of Life in A Military Society and Such Ideas As Hving to Perform Service In Order To Have a Rights.
While The Book Won a Hugo Award for Best Novel and Has Been Quite Influential in Sci-Fi Literature, Some Quarters Descripted The Book As Fascist. IT WAS THAT THAT WAS SATRIRIZED IN THE 1997 MOVIE FROM PAUL Verhoeven, The Director of Robocop, Total Recall, Basic Instinct an Showgirls. Verhoeven Was over-the-top in his depiction of the military jingoism and propaganda, Fetishized costumes, and highlightned Nazi influences.
Rico Was Played by Squed Jaw Roughneck Casper Van Dien and the Cast Included Dina Meyer, Denise Richards, Neil Patrick Harris and Michael Ironside. While the Movie Was Not Initially a Success, and Some Critics Acused Verhoeven of Putting A Putting A Positive Spin On Fascism, The Movie Has Since Developed AAppraisal An A CULT FOLLING.
Blomkamp’s take is not a remake of the Verhoeven Movie, and Sources Say the Goal Is to Go Back to the Source Material.
BLOMKAMP MOST RECENTLY DIRECTED Gran Turismo For Sony Pictures, A Critical and Commercial Success That Grossed Over $ 122 Million Worldwide.
The Filmmaker Showed His Ability to Tackle Deep Themes While Balancing Human-Versus-Aliens Conflicts with His Splashy 2009 Feature Debut DISTRICT 9. The Movie Was A Hit at the Box Office and Earned Four Oscar Nominations, Including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay for Blomkamp and Tatchell.
BLOMKAMP Followed that up with more sci-fi offers, including Chappie an Elysium.
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