Either MGM is engaging in wishful thinking, or we're getting a new Robocop movie.A recent press release from the studio listed a whole bunch of future projects, many of which weren't too surprising -- their list of franchises-to-be includes The Hobbit, Outer Limits, Death Wish, and the shocker of Robocop
I highly doubt this will be another sequel, but will instead be a full fledged remake. I also doubt they'll dare to make something like Paul Verhoven's blood-soaked satire --
which philosophers wrote on and originally was X-rated. Nothing in Hollywood carries an "originally X-rated" label any more. A remake will probably have most of the bullets, half the blood, and a really rocking soundtrack. I can't think of an actor who everyone would scream in horror upon being cast, so maybe you can help me out and name a few.
It truly is a renaissance of 80's cinema. I half expect to walk out of my house and see everyone wearing leg warmers. It is really beginning to scare me -- I thought you were supposed to be well into old age before the past caught up with you. I am fully expecting to see a remake of Commando or Lethal Weapon by the time I am thirty.
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3-16-2008 @ 10:44AM
Dan Parmelee said...
I predict a post on here in six months about "epic failure".
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3-16-2008 @ 1:15PM
Batzarro said...
Wha!? MORE remakes? Still, Robocop is my childhood hero, so we'll see.
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3-16-2008 @ 4:52PM
KOW said...
I don't know why, but the first thought of 'scream in horror casting' I had was Fabio. I have no idea what he's doing in my subconscious, and I'm not sure he even qualifies as an actor, but I have decided to share my disturbing, random neural firings with you.
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3-16-2008 @ 4:56PM
eugene said...
hollywood dream project: robocop becomes the last starfighter (with a terminator for his co-pilot) so that he can destroy a fleet of predator hunter ships that has been infected by Aliens which are themselves trying to escape the ravages of a Black Hole caused by a mischieveous wizard apprentice mouse.
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3-16-2008 @ 7:57PM
dubdub said...
Can't we make him younger? And why does he have a family? Lets make him a rockstar and give him a hooker girlfriend!
Does he have to become a cyborg? That doesn't really work for me.
He need a funny sidekick!
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3-16-2008 @ 8:11PM
eugene said...
and the silver armor? who needs it. It should be black and he should fight in the sewers, against giant mechanical spiders!
3-17-2008 @ 12:29PM
robert said...
i know you're probably being sarcastic, but the sad thing is we will most likely end up with a 20 something prettyboy robocop with "emotional problems" that are better suited for a teen drama on the CW
3-16-2008 @ 9:17PM
lowrentherzog said...
So this is that Robocop in space thing i've been hearing about? The one directed by J.J Abrhams with the same bloody narrative structure as "Lost"?
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3-16-2008 @ 10:36PM
weezinthejuice said...
Christian Bale.
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3-17-2008 @ 11:03AM
Batzarro said...
Someone ELSE.
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3-17-2008 @ 5:36PM
Ihavepants said...
Orlando Bloom or DJ Qualls have my support for the role...
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3-25-2008 @ 3:52PM
Robert said...
Are you kidding? Robocop! I'm all for that. It's a shame that morons like you can't seem to understand that movies like this are in high demand for those of us who are fans. Are you telling me you didn't wet your jockeys when that new Rocky or Rambo movie hit theatres? Come on! I say Bring back Commando and Escape From New York!
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