STARSHIP TROOPERS Reboot To Be Less Violent According To Producer Toby Jaffe

STARSHIP TROOPERS Reboot To Be Less Violent According To Producer Toby Jaffe

As you might know, Starship Troopers will get a reboot, and in a recent interview producer Toby Jaffe says that it will be following a less violent path to "reintroduce it in a new way". More deitals after the jump.

By LucasMend - Jun 27, 2012 08:06 AM EST
Filed Under: Sci-Fi
Source: Empire Online



Last december, it was revealed that the 1997 Starship Troopers movie would be getting a reboot, with Toby Jaffe (also the producer of the Total Recall reboot) as the producer. Now, in a recent interview with Empire Online, the producer says that the upcoming reboot would be following a less violent direction, stating that nowadays it is harder to make a violent movie when it is too expensive to produce:

"The more expensive a film is, the harder it is now to make it that violent," explains Jaffe, also one of the team behind the Colin Farrell's Total Recall. "With Recall in particular, we made a conscious choice to keep it tonally closer to something like Minority Report. It gives the studio, and us as producers, the opportunity to reintroduce it in a new way."


"Verhoeven made his movie a critique of fascism," says Jaffe, "whereas Heinlein was writing from the perspective of someone who had served in World War II. Y'know, one man's fascism is another man's patriotism..."


"Working in a visual-efects renaissance as we are, we have the ability to do so much more now. We can do the Jump Suits [armoured exoskeletons from Heinlein's novel], for example, which I don't think they could have done before."



Both the release date and the director for the movie have yet to be announced, but we do know that Thor and X-Men: First Class screenwriters Zack Stentz and Ashley Edward Miller have written the script.



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misner89
misner89 - 6/27/2012, 8:51 AM
hollywood needs to burn
marvel72
marvel72 - 6/27/2012, 9:09 AM
made for kids,just like robocop 3.
stevengil
stevengil - 6/27/2012, 9:10 AM
Then what is the point of making this movie? That was the only thing the orginal had going for it; and well the boobs.
stevengil
stevengil - 6/27/2012, 9:11 AM
Reboot the Reboots!
AlSimmons
AlSimmons - 6/27/2012, 9:28 AM
The flick needs to be like the Thin Red Line or All Quiet on the Western Front, but in space. The book wasn't all about blood and guts. It was about moral responsibility, patriotism, and the burden of leadership. Aliens were in it, but they were just plot devices for the greater message.
HelaGood
HelaGood - 6/27/2012, 9:28 AM
LAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thalidomide
thalidomide - 6/27/2012, 9:33 AM
I confirm AlSimmons' comment.
Oxbow
Oxbow - 6/27/2012, 9:45 AM
mrTinMan-are you trying to copy Rorshach or something man? People say "ermmm", they don't type it out, so please stop typing it out. Thanx
BlackPather2018
BlackPather2018 - 6/27/2012, 9:49 AM
Don't they realize that's what made the originals so [frick]ing great! From movies like Starship troopers, Robo Cop, and Total Recall. Those movies were great cuz they warn't trying to make movies PG 13 so they could make the most money. They made them the way they should be becasue for example is big ASS bugs tried to take over the world they shit is going down with lots of violence. That's one reason i have faith in the new dreed movie. One is cuz they got a pretty good cast and 2 they said screw that corny Stallone(big fan of him by the way) movie let's make this REAL and and blow some mutha [frick]ers heads OFF!
StrangeHero
StrangeHero - 6/27/2012, 9:49 AM
I'm ok with this if they're going to be faithful to the original Robert Heinlein novel. The 1997 version was ridiculous.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 6/27/2012, 9:50 AM
I thought both the original movies were a bit crap anyway tbh, but they had their redeeming qualities..namely a sense of humor. These reboots will have nothing to them in any way shape or form, just watch.
SuperJoe
SuperJoe - 6/27/2012, 9:51 AM
THE VIOLENCE AND THE TITS WERE THE ONLY REASONS TO WATCH!!!!
CrowPirate1
CrowPirate1 - 6/27/2012, 9:51 AM
First off, the violence was the only thing that was good about the first movie to begin with. and secondly, the violence was the only good thing about the movie to begin with.

Did I mention the violence being good?

What they want? Starship Troopers: the chick flick date movie?

I'd like to take my boot and kick it up their rebooting ass.
SuperSomething616
SuperSomething616 - 6/27/2012, 9:53 AM
Gotta admit...the ultra violence in the original was a bonus...i dont think this'll pan out if it cuts out too much of the violence!!!
Montrovant
Montrovant - 6/27/2012, 9:53 AM
I hope they actually use the source material this time, but I'm not holding my breath about it. This will probably be less violent crap, whereas the first movie was violent crap, and had almost nothing to do with the book.
Visualiza
Visualiza - 6/27/2012, 9:58 AM
Personally, I think they ought to leave Starship Troopers off of the silver screen; it would be much better suited to being a limited HBO series or something along those lines. The book is far too introspective and contemplative for a big-screen adaptation, it would bore people to tears. There were only 2 or three conflicts that I can remember, and the rest was Rico reflecting upon his mentors, fellow soldiers, and growing pains in the military.

The content of the book would make for a stellar mini-series, and they could take a more methodical approach to fleshing out the details left out of the book(and there were a TON, as good as it was). A movie will simply leave people disappointed that it wasn't a faithful adaptation(again) or that it was yet another crappy remake. This is coming from someone who loved the Verhoeven movie AND the book, btw.
MercWitaMouth88
MercWitaMouth88 - 6/27/2012, 9:58 AM
U CANT REBOOT STARSHIP TROOPERS. Greatest worst movie of all time
Jimdlux
Jimdlux - 6/27/2012, 10:05 AM
Oh this movie is gonna suck...
Ceejay
Ceejay - 6/27/2012, 10:08 AM
For the record, Total Recall is not a reboot, its a re-adaptation, story still originates from a Philip K Dick novel.

This too is not a reboot, just a re-adaptation from the novels, but don't see how good it will be without some level of potent violence since it is a war themed plot!
ChaosLord
ChaosLord - 6/27/2012, 10:08 AM
This will suck royally...and NO, I dont want to know more!

Leave the original alone - it was fun and violent and did I mention fun????

Bad enough you raped Total Recall - leave my memories alone and do something original!
parascythe
parascythe - 6/27/2012, 10:11 AM
it's like all 80s kids are being rick rolled
126thst
126thst - 6/27/2012, 10:15 AM
@PatientZero..Will you be going to see the Spider-man reboot after the originals coming out only a few years back??
Minato
Minato - 6/27/2012, 10:17 AM
The only good thing about the original was the violence. the sequels sucked
CapA
CapA - 6/27/2012, 10:22 AM
You don't remake Verhoeven. But I wouldn't mind a Showgirls reboot with new actresses.
ralfinader
ralfinader - 6/27/2012, 10:25 AM
"We want to not have one of the few things that made the original stand out." - Toby "I liked Battleship" Jaffe regarding the last film he was ever paid to make.

So have they written the part for Tyler Kisch yet?

@Everyone telling mrTinman how annoying it is when people feel the need to print out their mental or vocal dysfunctions - Agreed, shit is stupid.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 6/27/2012, 10:29 AM
I think its funny how everyone is talking about how the "original" is being changed.

I know at least 2 people commenting in here have actually read the Heinlein book this movie was based off of, but everyone else seems to have no clue that the "original" movie is absolutely NOTHING like the book it was based on. If they did, I highly doubt they would be complaining.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 6/27/2012, 10:30 AM
guys, stop feeding the "erm-troll."

its only making him post more comments. Yes he's annoying, so ignore him...
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