It’s been ages since we heard anything about Moon director Duncan Jones’ next project, an animated adaptation of the Rogue Trooper comic book. Not only is the film still very much in the works, but the voice cast has been revealed, and it’s an impressive lineup.
Variety reports that Aneurin Barnard will voice 19, the titular Genetic Infantryman on the planet Nu-Earth who is the sole survivor of an invasion. Desperate to find the traitor to sold out him and his squadmates, 19 is accompanied by three of his fallen comrades whose personalities are kept in biochips attached to his helmet, backpack, and rifle.
Also leading the cast are Hayley Atwell and Jack Lowden. Others lending their voices include Jemaine Clement, Matt Berry, Diane Morgan, Alice Lowe, Sean Bean, Asa Butterfield, Daryl McCormack, and Reece Shearsmith.
Barnard is best known for his roles in The Goldfinch and Dunkirk; Atwell most recently starred in Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning and Lowden was also in Dunkirk and Fighting with My Family.
The film marks Jones’ first feature since Warcraft in 2018. Interestingly, Rogue Trooper‘s animations are being developed using Unreal Engine 5, which is primarily used for video games and includes motion-capture elements. As video games grow in size and budget to become more like movies, and movies adapt more and more video games, we are now starting to see them sharing the same technology.