We all know Shinji Aramaki's work on Appleseed. We know what he can do. Now Sony Pictures has announced that they are producing the new Starship Troopers: Invasion film with the talented Aramaki as director. Joining Aramaki is Flint Dille as the lead writer, Hidetaki Tenjin as the artist and Joseph Chou is producing the whole thing.

Sony Productions has released this 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....

Unfortunately there are no great details about this production yet but we'll be sure to keep you in the know.

Starship Troopers the animated cartoon was something I grew up with as a kid so this is something I can't help but dance around in my chair for.