Rogue Trooper

Rogue Trooper (2026)

Rogue is a "Genetic Infantryman", a genetically-engineered, blue-skinned, manufactured super soldier who, alongside his three comrades, is searching for the Traitor General. His comrades are with him in the form of biochips—onto which a G.I.'s entire personality is downloaded at the time of death for later retrieval—and are named Gunnar (mounted on Rogue's rifle), Bagman (on his backpack) and Helm (on his helmet). Rogue is designed to be immune to almost all known toxins, can submerge in strong acid unaffected, and is able to withstand a vacuum on his bare skin.

Date of release
2026-06-22
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
2h 3m
Genres
Science Fiction, Action, Animation, Adventure
Director
Duncan Jones

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Rogue Trooper

Rogue Trooper is a 2026 British adult animated military science fiction film produced, written, and directed by Duncan Jones. Based on the 2000 AD comic strip character Rogue Trooper created by Gerry Finley-Day and Dave Gibbons, the film stars Aneurin Barnard as the titular character, with Hayley Atwell, Jack Lowden, Daryl McCormack, Reece Shearsmith, Matt Berry, Asa Butterfield, Jemaine Clement and Sean Bean in supporting roles.

Production

In 2011, Grant Morrison intended to write a film adaptation of the 2000 AD comic strip Rogue Trooper, but the project never came to fruition due to disappointing box office takings of Dredd (2012), which was also based on a 2000 AD comic. In July 2018, Duncan Jones revealed that his next project would be a Rogue Trooper adaptation.

Jones and producer Stuart Fenegan had pursued a Rogue Trooper adaptation for several years before convincing Rebellion Developments to allow them to produce the film. To help establish the project's creative direction during early development, Jones recorded a complete audio dramatisation of the screenplay, voicing every character himself, which later served as the basis for the film's initial animatic.

In January 2024, Aneurin Barnard, Hayley Atwell, Jack Lowden, Daryl McCormack, Reece Shearsmith, Jemaine Clement, Matt Berry, Diane Morgan, Alice Lowe, Asa Butterfield and Sean Bean had joined the cast of the film. Jones was confirmed as director, writer and producer, and the film would be animated by Treehouse Digital using Epic Games' Unreal Engine 5 tool.

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