Hollywood has mined the works of late sci-fi master Robert A. Heinlein for decades. There was the Donald Sutherland feature The Puppet Masters (1994), then the campy Paul Verhoeven feature Starship Troopers (1997) and the stylish Ethan Hawke, Sarah Snook headlined Predestination (2014). Heinlein, who died in 1988, remains an influential force in the world of sci-fi, with a new Starship Troopers movie from Neill Blomkamp also on the docket.

But now, one book that’s never been on adapted has an animated movie in the works: the 1957 novel Citizen of the Galaxy .

Hollywood has mined the works of late sci-fi master Robert A. Heinlein for decades. There was the Donald Sutherland feature The Puppet Masters (1994), then the campy Paul Verhoeven feature Starship Troopers (19

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