Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars
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| Written by | Edward Neumeier |
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| Music by | Tetsuya Takahashi |
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| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Entertainment |
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| Language | English |
Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars is an upcoming 2017 animated film.[3] The film is the fifth installment of the Starship Troopers film series and a sequel to the 2012 film Starship Troopers: Invasion.
Plot
General Johnny Rico is demoted and relocated to a satellite station on Mars, while the Federation moves to attack the home planet of the bugs, but Mars just so happens to be the target of a secret bug attack at the same time and it falls to Rico and a group of new recruits to keep the planet safe while the Federation's fleet is far out of reach.
Cast
- Casper Van Dien as General Johnny Rico
- Dina Meyer as Isabelle "Dizzy" Flores
- DeRay Davis as One-Oh-One (101)
Production
Following Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles (1999) and Starship Troopers: Invasion (2012), Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars is the third CGI animated project in the film series' universe. Screenwriter Edward Neumeier returned to write this entry.
Development and news of the animated film, made to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the release of the first film, happened rather discreetly. News of the film emerged on June 5, 2017, when Sony Entertainment debuted a trailer online. The film is scheduled to be given a one-night release on August 21, 2017, via Fathom Events.[3]
References
- ↑ Anime News Network
- ↑ "Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars (2017)". AllMovie. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
- 1 2 "'Starship Troopers' Animated Sequel 'Traitor of Mars' To Debut In Theaters For One Night Only". The Hollywood Repotert. The Hollywood Reporter. June 5, 2017. Retrieved June 7, 2017.