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Starship Troopers Suit Drafted by Appleseed/MOSPEADA's Aramaki
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
Aramaki directing Starship Troopers: Invasion CG film due out in summer 2012
The announced last month. Aramaki will serve as the film's director. The film is scheduled to be released next summer.
Aramaki had previously Genesis Climber Mospeada, and other anime.
Casper Van Dien of the live-action Starship Troopers film are executive producers.
Sony Pictures give the following description of the plot:
A distant Federation outpost Fort Casey comes under attack by bugs. The team on the fast attack ship Alesia is assigned to help the Starship John A. Warden stationed in Fort Casey evacuate along with the survivors and bring military intelligence safely back to Earth. Carl Jenkins, now ministry of Paranormal Warfare, takes the starship on a clandestine mission before its rendezvous with the Alesia and goes missing in the nebula. Now, the battle-hardened troopers are charged with a rescue mission that may lead to a much more sinister consequence than they ever could have imagined....
Before Paul Verhoeven's loose live-action film adaptation of Eureka Seven).
Thanks to Daniel Zelter for the news tip.
Image © Shinji Aramaki
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