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.

Columbia Pictures has tapped District 9 director Neill Blomkamp to write and direct a new Starship Troopers film, according to The Hollywood Reporter, giving the franchise its first live-action entry since 2008’s Starship Troopers 3: Marauder.