Starship Troopers is being rebooted with hopes that it will launch a new franchise.
“Somehow they seem to think that the lightness of say Total Recall and Robocop is a hindrance,” Verhoeven said about the remakes in an interview.
It spawned three sequels, without the director’s involvement which didn’t receive a theatrical release. Verhoeven’s other sci-fi hits Robocop and Total Recall have also been remade, receiving disastrous reviews.
The script will come from Mark Swift and Damian Shannon, who have also written the upcoming Baywatch movie.