Columbia Pictures is plotting a new Starship Troopers movie, setting District 9 filmmaker Neill Blomkamp to write and direct an adaptation of the classic sci-fi novel story by Robert A. Heinlein.

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    11 hours ago

    Starship troopers the book and the movie are separate. The movie is it’s own special beautiful absurdity loosely based on the book but not really at all.

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      8 hours ago

      Jurassic Park is loosely based on the book as well, at least that was my take after reading it.

      So is this new movie (series) going to be a closer following to the books?

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        6 hours ago

        Not as loosely as the Bourne movies, probably. I was very confused until I heard that the script writer was banned from reading the books, and based the script on a one-page summary.