APPLESEED Director Taking On Animated STARSHIP TROOPERS: INVASION

Make no mistake about it: If what you're looking for are computer generated images of ultrastylish ultraviolence then Shinji Aramaki is your man. While opinions vary as to the quality of the scripts for Aramaki's pair of CGI rendered adaptations of Masamune Shirow's Appleseed manga the general consensus is that the films look pretty damn great.

Clearly the execs at Sony Pictures agree as they have just hired Aramaki to direct a new animated installment in the Starship Troopers franchise titled Starship Troopers: Invasion. Flint Dille - writer of the Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay video game - is handling the script with Halo Legends producer Joseph Chou producing.

This is pretty clearly intended as a DTV release but the material lends itself well to animation and with Aramaki directing the quality should be strong.