“Huge, Top-Notch Director” Interested in STARSHIP TROOPERS TV Series
Last year, Starship Troopers writer Ed Neumeier teased a TV series is in the works based on Robert A. Heinlein’s novel. And today, star Casper Van Dien says he’s up for a series adaptation with Jake Busey – and so is a “huge, top-notch director.”
Van Dien tells MovieWeb: “I was very involved with it. Sony even asked me to talk to a director that I’ve worked with. Huge, top-notch director. We were talking, and I don’t know whatever happened to it. We were in talks for doing it, and I would still love to play old man Rico… If we got to do the series, I would be on top of the world.
So who is this ‘huge, top-notch director’ he speaks of? No idea. But here’s hoping he means his Alita: Battle Angel commander and chief, Robert Rodriguez.
He adds: “Right now, nothing’s happening that I know of. If they want to do it, I’m still on board, and I know the director they were talking to is still excited about the opportunity. I know that the cast that they could come back. I know some of them. I know that Jake Busey would be all over it, and I would love it.”
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Rated R or graphic sci-Fi violence and gore, and for some language and nudity, the film sports a 64% rating over on Rotten Tomatoes with a Critics Consensus that reads: A fun movie…if you can accept the excessive gore and wooden acting.
RoboCop and Total Recall director Paul Verhoeven’s mega-budget adaptation with Denise Richards, Neil Patrick Harris, and Michael Ironside is streaming on Netflix.
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