David Bowie’s son, filmmaker Duncan Jones on Sunday teased a new Rogue Trooper movie via his Twitter account.
The director behind films including Moon, Source Code, Warcraft and Mute posted a teaser video in which he ponders what the subject of his next film should be in a rhyming-poem format.
“One for them or one for me? Studio or wee indie?” he says in voiceover as viewers see Jones with his back turned to the camera watching a couple of monitors. “Shall I make a comic book movie, a Marvel film, perhaps DC? Image, or Dark Horse maybe?”
After some more pondering, he concludes, “Yes, one from the Megaverse, now let me see. Who, oh, who, should it be?” as he takes off his hat to reveal a blue mohawk, similar to that worn by Rogue in the comic book series. The screen fades to black as the words “If that’s not enough of a clue….” appears.
Co-created by Watchmen’s Dave Gibbons and writer Gerry Finley-Day, the high concept behind Rogue Trooper is remarkably simple: An ongoing war between two human factions — the Norts and the Southers; the Civil War references weren’t particularly subtle, although to all intents and purposes the Norts are essentially space Nazis — has become centered on Nu Earth, a planet so destroyed by the conflict that soldiers can only survive with the assistance of breathing apparatus and “chemsuit” armor. Seeking the edge, scientists from Southers’ “MilliCom” created a breed of seemingly unstoppable clones, called Genetic Infantrymen — G.I.s for short — only for all of them to be massacred upon their arrival on Nu Earth. Only one survived, with a new mission: Find the traitorous Southern High Command general that betrayed the G.I.s, and kill him.
Whether or not the movie Rogue Trooper that Jones will create is going to model itself after the very first comic, the “War Machine” reboot or the more complicated mythology as it currently exists across multiple series remains to be seen, but one thing is certain: If done right, this could be something unlike any other comic book movie out there.
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