Rogue Trooper is a bit of a cult classic when it comes to niche, old-school video games. While the majority of gamers interested in such titles do, in fact, know about the gruff, blue-skinned soldier dude who is hell-bent on taking revenge upon his superiors, fewer know about the character's origin. Namely, the fact that he is part of the very same universe as none other than Judge Dredd.
Of course, Judge Dredd has had a number of movie instalments already - some better than others - but Rogue Trooper has never had such general appeal. With that in mind, some of us will be pretty stoked to hear that Rogue Trooper will finally be getting a movie of its own, and it will be produced by Duncan Jones!
Working with Rebellion, the director of such movies as are Moon, Source Code, Warcraft and Mute will be writing and directing the as-of-yet unnamed Rogue Trooper picture.
"For years now, I have felt a sting as Marvel and DC have poured out their entire comic roster into film. Wonderful for their fans, but every new release I silently scream “Where’s all the 2000 AD?!” I'm so excited to finally be able to right that wrong and bring Finley-Day and Gibbons’ Rogue Trooper, a seminal British spun war yarn, to the big screen!" said Jones via Twitter.
Since both Jones and the folks from Rebellion are extremely excited to be working with one another to do Rogue Trooper justice, there's no reason for us not to be getting carefully optimistic as time goes by. Expect more news about the upcoming Rogue Trooper movie as they are made available, right here at Game Watcher!
