Sorry, people… I cannot be bothered to comment on a Starship Troopers remake on the same day a f*cking Furby movie was announced. The film is based on Heinlein’s 1959 sci-fi book about a futuristic Alien-fighting military force and soldier Johnny Rico.Īlso Read: Why Is Typo Hashtag #HillaryForPrision Trending on Twitter?Įither way, here are some choice fan objections:Ī non-satirical STARSHIP TROOPERS reboot is about the worst goddamn idea I've ever heard. Moritz is producing along with Toby Jaffe (both worked on the original “Total Recall”). Mark Swift and Damian Shannon, who wrote the upcoming “Baywatch” comedy starring Zach Efron and Dwayne Johnson, will pen the screenplay. Hey I’m a fan of your work, I follow you on deviant art and I think art station as well. Our Fleet departing - Starship Troopers fanart by Martechi. Nobody who worked on the 1997 film will be involved in the new project. Our Fleet departing - Starship Troopers fanart by Martechi. Instead, the filmmakers are going back to the source material - a novel by Robert Heinlein. The project is not a remake or a reboot of Verhoeven’s 1997 sci-fi movie, studio insiders told told TheWrap. “Thanks, 2016.”Īlso Read: All New 'Starship Troopers' in the Works at Sony Like many Heinlein novels, it works well on many levels, the surface science fiction, and then the deeper, more complicated voice of the storyteller, speaking. “A non-satirical STARSHIP TROOPERS reboot is about the worst goddamn idea I’ve ever heard,” another tweeted out. “F- you Hollywood,” one wrote on Twitter. A “Starship Troopers” remake is in the works at Sony’s Columbia Pictures, and fans of the original Paul Verhoeven film aren’t quite as pumped as maybe studio executives were hoping.

Starship troopers fan art