RoboCop’ Returns

[Zorro]

Like with Terminator, Robocop should just have a new comic or video game. Maybe a new tv series instead of a new film

 

[DarkKnight88]

Don’t know why a tv series would be any better. Especially since RoboCop has already had two terrible ones.

 

[Zorro]

Fine, just comics and games then

 

[MadVillainy]

I would say your last paragraph is quite a big factor. But then look at BR2049 an amazing sequel that flopped. Though it's run time and marketing didn't help.

Yeah that was never going to have mainstream appeal. Not just because of the 2 factors you mentioned, but also it's a very dense movie. Not a lot of laughs or action.

The best example is 21 Jump Street. An old IP no one cared about, a concept that was pretty silly, 2 stars that weren't necessarily box office draws. But they made a great movie, twice. And they were successful.

 

[Pennywise]

Screenwriter Ed Neumeier on disguising 'tougher issues' behind genre and RoboCop Returns' future

All we know about RoboCop Returns is that it's a sequel to the original. What else can you say?

When I came back I said, "We should do an R-rated movie. It has to be funny and satirical." But we almost live in a satirical world right now so it's harder for people to take satire the way they did 30 years ago.

Neill Blomkamp has come and gone with his writer Justin Rhodes, now you're rewriting with Abe Forsythe, correct?

We had a deal, Neill came on, then Abe Forsythe came on and I think he's using a lot of the stuff Neill had and some of the original stuff [from the 1998 script]. But Abe is doing his own version, which is what I wanted.

I needed a fresh voice and he had a really interesting idea. We're hoping when the next draft comes in we'll be in a position to make it.

What have the discussions with Abe been like?

Abe made a really interesting movie in Little Monsters, but he made a really interesting Australian film about the race riots [Down Under] I was really impressed with, it was kind of a pseudo-documentary and had an '80s style.

I didn't want to say too much, I wanted him to have the ideas and not worry about any other version of it, including ours, and just do his own thing. It was very nice to be able to say that to someone like Abe with confidence. What he came back with was really interesting, it felt relevant and really crackled. I expect to see a script any day now.

Is there a formal greenlight?

No, we're still trying to get a script right. We went on some wild rambles with Mr. Blomkamp, so Abe has his work cut out for him.

 

[DyeLorean]

I hope Peter Weller comes back. It's pretty easy nowadays to make his mouth/chin younger with CGI. And he's older, so the slow robotic movements won't be an issue.

 

[DarkKnight88]

Wouldn’t a cyborg age anyway?

 

[TheVileOne]

Not holding my breath. Also, do we really need a new movie?

 

[Sithborg]

I'd say, there is room for a revisioning. Probably piss off a lot of people, though. Always disappointed me that the reboot never really hit at the themes more.

 

[OutOfBoose]

Not holding my breath. Also, do we really need a new movie?

I'm not sure 80s Robocop fits into a movie-commentary on present day society and culture. And if it's not a commentary/satire - I don't see any reason to do a Robocop movie. Or it will just end up being a superhero movie about good guys vs. bad guys.

Maybe some kind of out of time story might work. Sort of, today vs. back in the day. But I don't know. It would require pretty inspired writing to pull that off.

 

[Vaibow]

What if Robocop gets deactivated - shelved.

Stored as a momento in some lab, perhaps even laid to rest as it were, perhaps in a solution/stasis.

Decades come and go and some bright spark decides to go old school and awaken robocop. He then sees a utopian future, where everything is peaceful, because it has to be... society has forgotten who they were, freedom, choice... what it is to be human, they are so preoccupied with social media, vegetation infront of it, working from home, cities one giant bubble, sterile... schools are like mind control exercises.. humans have chips in them that contain all data, banks etc...

Robocop cannot believe that he is more human than they are... and it's down to Murphy to awaken the masses and join the resistance.

 

[Alien Anal]

I cant remember if I posted this a while back but anyway

I don't think a sequel to Robocop is needed but because they are making one I will entertain the idea that they can look at the issues that are in the news currently with police brutality, privatization of prisons all the weird **** the billionaire elites are doing getting away with and make something satirical out of that.

RoboCorp.

Robocops are law enforcement bodies that are owned and/or controlled by non-governmental entities. They are blasting away "criminals" which is aired on a reality TV show that the masses are eating up and cheering on.

Its seen as a heroic act to die and become a Robocop so the human police are willing to put them selves in the line of danger if it means getting to become one but of course a lot of police deaths are set up because its cheaper to control a machine.

The original Robocop was shut down because of his regained humanity not long after the events of the first film and his body sits in a historical crime museum of some sort until some crusty punks break in and reboot him because they know they need him to stop the bull**** that's going on.

I dunno. Just a quick idea.

 

[TheVileOne]

What if Robocop gets deactivated - shelved.

Stored as a momento in some lab, perhaps even laid to rest as it were, perhaps in a solution/stasis.

Decades come and go and some bright spark decides to go old school and awaken robocop. He then sees a utopian future, where everything is peaceful, because it has to be... society has forgotten who they were, freedom, choice... what it is to be human, they are so preoccupied with social media, vegetation infront of it, working from home, cities one giant bubble, sterile... schools are like mind control exercises.. humans have chips in them that contain all data, banks etc...

Robocop cannot believe that he is more human than they are... and it's down to Murphy to awaken the masses and join the resistance.

So you want it to be Demolition Man?

 

[Vaibow]

So you want it to be Demolition Man?

Not at all, Phoenix is a criminal a crime free society cannot handle.. with only one person able to stop him, Spartan.

Robocop would be used to teach humanity what it means to be human, as he and the resistance take back control...

Maybe watch demolition man again..

 

[TheVileOne]

Not at all, Phoenix is a criminal a crime free society cannot handle.. with only one person able to stop him, Spartan.

Robocop would be used to teach humanity what it means to be human, as he and the resistance take back control...

Maybe watch demolition man again..

What you are describing doesn't sound like a RoboCop story.

 

[Vaibow]

What you are describing doesn't sound like a RoboCop story.

It's a fan fiction idea for a sequel... relax.

and as an edit, isn't robocop a symbol of hope... to save humanity against itself, to police them, to work with fellow humans, citizens to do better... as it were... sounds just like a robocop story.

 

[Deck Rickard]

I kinda feel like the time has passed for this property. Robocop has exactly ONE good movie. The sequels were trash. The remake had some interesting ideas but it still ended up sucking. I think some things just need to be left in the past.

 

[Doctor Jones]

I like Robocop 2! It has its issues like Robocop's new programming being too short and inconsequential and the fact he disappears for like 20 minutes, but I think it's pretty good and has some great ideas.

But I do think this movie would flop. The first as beloved as it is, isn't exactly a mainstream thing.

 

[Vaibow]

What if this movie was set in the 80's and it was another cop that was killed, kinda... and used for an alternate design....

I mean, it's basically a cyborg movie... it can't fail.... if marvel had it, billion dollars.

 

[Alien Anal]

Well the experiment of Robocop I would say was a success. Sure he gains his humanity at the end but I'm assuming he remains a cop and doesn't get into drapery.

I think the suits would spin the story of Robocop and say everything went to plan and we knew all along that the higher ups are corrupt and Robocop with his humanity saved the day.

This would create a positive image in the public's eye and that's when I think we see Robocorp approved

 

[SupermanFan]

The problem with Robocop sequels are the story arc was completed in the first movie, by the end he is a Murphy again. That was the story.

 

[Pennywise]

‘Robocop’, ‘Stargate’, ‘Legally Blonde’ & ‘Barbershop’ Among Titles In Works For Film & TV At Amazon – Deadline

Robocop also is being talked about for both film and TV, with a TV show possibly first, Deadline hears.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Hhhhmmm, starting with a TV show would be a bad move for me. A new Robocop needs to be a movie.

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

I'm excited to see how this unfolds.

 

[Silvermoth]

Didn’t they reboot robocop not too long ago? I reckon there’s an interesting pitch you can do with a reboot but everyone on the internet would winge