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“Starship Troopers 3″ is Coming… Happy?

I loved the original “Starship Troopers”. I thought the direct-to-video stunk up the joint. Both were written by Ed Neumeier, who is now planning to write and direct a third installment in the sci-fi alien/bug franchise. Says Neumeier: “Looks like – fingers crossed – Sony is moving forward… Plans are afoot to shoot next year. Casper Van Dien will be back as Colonel John Rico. There’ll be a new bug or two. Also draft riots. Religion makes a comeback. And the Federation has a new weapon.” The biggest problem with the second film was the budget — it was so low that doing anything decent meant, well, impossible. Now if Ed keeps in mind that he has almost no money to work with, and write a script that doesn’t test the limitations of his non-existent budget… Who knows?

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