A STARSHIP TROOPERS Reboot Is In Order At Columbia Pictures
I think I really ought to start preparing myself mentally for these. As much as I was a couch potato growing up while watching movies at home, it was in 1997 when actor Casper Van Dien hit it big with Robocop helmer Paul Verohoeven’s sci-fi action adventure, Starship Troopers. The film was a bit of a mixed affair yet became a cult hit while drawing out three sequels for the small screen, mingling explosive action and gore with satirical themes of satire and fascism. At the center of it all was character Johnny Rico who rises in the military ranks, driven by the grit and steadfastiness of his superior in the wake of an attack on Earth by alien bugs. Late author Robert A. Heinlen’s 1959 novel was the source material of that book, and is reportedly now being observed with a more centered approach for what THR describes as […]