Director Neill Blomkamp scored a hit with 2009's District 9, but also has a track record of unrealized sci-fi projects.

The “Terran Federation” of Heinlein’s original “Starship Troopers” is run entirely by military veterans, and people have to serve in the armed forces in order to vote or hold public office.

Sony is behind the new adaptation, which is not a remake of Paul Verhoeven’s 1997 film, but rather will go back to the 1959 novel as source material.