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Title: | CASPER A FRIENDLY GO FOR 'STARSHIP' |
Source: | Variety |
Date: | April 04, 1996 |
HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - Wyoming will play host to alien
invaders this spring during filming of ``Starship Troopers'' in
the Casper area.
Lensing primarily in Hell's Half Acre park in Natrona
County, the film is helmer Paul Verhoeven's follow-up to
``Showgirls,'' and is based on Robert Heinlein's sci-fi novel
about humans battling giant bugs that have invaded Earth.
The Hell's Half Acre site will serve as locations for two
different planets for the shoot.
According to Bill Lindstrom, manager of the Wyoming film
office, this project -- 40% of the alien pic (budgeted at a
projected $95 million) will be the largest project ever to come
to the state and will mean a substantial boost to the Casper
economy and its national visibility.
``'Starship Troopers' is going to be one of the largest
feature films to shoot anywhere in the world in 1996,'' said
Lindstrom. ``It's the type of project that doesn't come around
very often on location.''
``Starship Troopers'' is one of many projects cropping up
from the fertile alien invaders genre. Upcoming projects include
20th Century Fox's ``Independence Day,'' helmed by Roland
Emmerich (``Stargate'').
``Troopers'' utilizes more than 400 special effects
sequences with live-action segments lensed on location in Los
Angeles, New York and Wendover, Utah -- on an abandoned airstrip
once used to train the crews of the ``Enola Gay'' bomber during
World War II.
Helmer Tim Burton will invade Las Vegas for his sci-fi
installment, ``Mars Attacks,'' for Warner Bros. Said to be a
black comedy about earthling's hysteria after Martians invade
the planet, the film includes an ensemble cast of Jack
Nicholson, Pierce Brosnan, Glenn Close and Sarah Jessica Parker.