The airsoft news vine moves fast as before the news broke in the mainstream, many in airsoft have already heard about it. Starship Troopers, will be having another movie for 21st Century. This is not exactly a reboot of the 1997 movie that was directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Edward Neumeier as many 1990s movies are being rebooted. The 1997 Starship Troopers was based on the novel sci-fi novel by Robert A. Heinlein first released in 1959 about a military force fighting aliens and Johnny Rico, the son of a wealthy Filipino family who joins the Terran Mobile Infantry.

Whilst the film was critically acclaimed, money wise, it was not huge success as it only earned over US$121 million worldwide with a production budget of around US$105 million. It has spawned several sequels such as Hero of the Federation and Marauder.

For the new Starship Troopers, the Columbia Pictures will be tapping Mark Swift and Damian Shannon, the writers behind the upcoming Zac Efron-Dwayne Johnson Baywatch movie. The mention of Baywatch may give you ideas of beach bods though most likely you won’t see much of these as the battles will be on alien planets. As for producers, Fast & Furious’ Neal H. Moritz and will be working with Tobe Jaffe as they had experience working together in the remake of another 1990s hit, Total Recall.

According to Hollywood Reporter, the main source for the remake will not be the 1997 movie but more from the original source, which is Heinlein’s novel and may divert from how the 1997 and many are apprehensive that it would be a rather more serious production. Verhoeven, whilst taking the themes from the movel, had the 1997 movie playing satirically with the images of fascism, militarism, and propaganda films. Initially misinterpreted as a neo-nazi, fascistic movie, it was a movie that says "Let's all go to war and let's all die" in an interview with the AV Club in 2007. The movie has a cult following, which depending on one’s own interpretation, many airsoft players can be counted in as fans.

Many fans are dreading a serious, non-satirical version of Starship Troopers, according to The Wrap, reporting on the reaction of fans in social media when it was revealed that it is not an actual remake of the 1997 film but rather would be getting more from the novel itself.

So far no production details have been revealed, apart from the producers and writers. Expect announcements of crew, cast, and production schedules in the future.