The first teaser trailer for the upcoming Rogue Trooper film was revealed today as part of a Deadline interview with filmmaker Duncan Jones (Moon, Source Code, Mute, Warcraft).
The teaser for the fully animated science fiction feature from Rebellion and Liberty Films. was released alongside four new stills taken from Rogue Trooper, which is due for release later this year. Aneurin Barnard voices Rogue Trooper and Daryl McCormack, Venus Bluegenes.
Taken from 2000AD, also home to Judge Dredd, Rogue Trooper was co-created by Gerry Finley-Day (The V.C.s, Fiends of the Eastern Front) and artist Dave Gibbons (Watchmen, Kingsman) – and and has been adapted for the screen by Duncan Jones. Rogue Trooper is produced by Stuart Fenegan (Moon, Source Code, Mute, Warcraft) alongside Jason Kingsley (Dredd, School’s Out Forever), Chris Kingsley (Dredd, School’s Out Forever) and Duncan Jones.
• More news on Rogue Trooper will be revealed in the coming months: head to roguetrooper.com for more information!
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The last genetic infantryman, crossing a landscape scarred by the raging war between Norts and Southers, Rogue Trooper hunts down the Traitor General, who betrayed his men and caused their slaughter.
Repackaged in a brand new edition, The Complete Rogue Trooper Book One collects the adventures of one of 2000AD’s best-loved and most enduring characters, originally created by Gerry Finley-Day and Dave Gibbons, and featuring the work of Alan Moore and veteran artists Cam Kennedy and Colin Wilson.
The second volume features the work of veteran artists Cam Kennedy (Star Wars: Dark Empire) and Brett Ewins (Bad Company). The hunt for the Traitor General, who betrayed Rogue and caused the deaths of his fellow soldiers, comes to a conclusion, bringing to an end the first phase of Rogue’s storyline.
In the third volume, Rogue heads to Horst on a mission to restore life to his dead comrades, but with hostile life-forms everywhere, including winged aliens and vicious crab soldiers, the path ahead is fraught with danger! Then Rogue becomes an intergalactic hitman, targeting key figures in a bid to end the carnage of the ongoing war.
In Volume Four, out this September, Rogue Trooper’s adventures across Nu Earth continue as he is tasked with wiping out an army of religious fanatics, fights for survival in the ruthless gambling settlement of Cinnabar, combats an underwater threat while attempting to cross the Khoisin reservoir… and more!
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
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