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.

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.

Neill Blomkamp to Create New Vision of Starship Troopers. Acclaimed director, Neill Blomkamp, will be making a new version of Robert A. Heinlein's classic