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A new feature film adaptation of Starship Troopers is officially in active development, with Neill Blomkamp attached as writer-director. The project is being developed with plans to shoot in Budapest, adding another major science fiction title to Hungary’s growing slate of international productions.
The film, produced by Oats Studios in collaboration with Original Film and Columbia Pictures, reimagines Robert A. Heinlein’s militaristic sci-fi universe for a new generation. Producers include Terri Tatchell, Todd B. Nurick, and Neal H. Moritz.
Starship Troopers follows Johnnie Rico, a reluctant recruit who finds himself thrown into a brutal combat training program and an even deadlier interstellar war against an alien insect species known as the Arachnids. As part of the Mobile Infantry, every soldier is expected to fight—and survive—in a war that may be humanity’s last stand.
The film marks a return to sci-fi action for Blomkamp, known for District 9, Elysium, and Chappie, and adds to the wave of high-concept genre films choosing Hungary as their production base thanks to its robust crew infrastructure and tax incentives.
