RoboCop Reboot - Part 3

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=101300

Abbie Cornish Praises Jose Padilha's RoboCop

Although Jose Padilha's RoboCop won't hit the big screen until February 7, 2014, leading actress Abbie Cornish is already singing its praises. In an interview today with VH1, the Limitless star spoke about her role as Ellen Murphy in the reboot.

"It's gonna be a massively kick-ass film," says Cornish. "...I actually have a voicemail message from Jose Padilha, the director. He says in the message, 'I don't think we've got a great movie. I think we've got a classic.'"

The film also stars Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson, Jackie Earle Haley, Michael K. Williams, Jay Baruchel, Jennifer Ehle, and Marianne Jean-Baptiste. From Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and Columbia Pictures, the film was written by Josh Zetumer and Nick Schenk, based on the 1987 motion picture written by Edward Neumeier & Michael Miner. The film is produced by Marc Abraham and Eric Newman, with Bill Carraro serving as executive producer.

In RoboCop, the year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Their drones are winning American wars around the globe and now they want to bring this technology to the home front. Alex Murphy (Kinnaman) is a loving husband, father and good cop doing his best to stem the tide of crime and corruption in Detroit. After he is critically injured in the line of duty, OmniCorp utilizes their remarkable science of robotics to save Alex's life. He returns to the streets of his beloved city with amazing new abilities, but with issues a regular man has never had to face before.

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[Britannic]

I doubt anyone who is working on the production would trash it, but good to hear this nonetheless.
I so want this to be great *fingers crossed*

 

[craigdbfan]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=101300

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I'm really crossing my fingers for this one. I want it to be good so very bad.

 

[Figs]

As much as I love the original Robocop, I'm still being openminded towards this new film.

With that being said, I do find it completely ridiculous for a director to claim his unfinished film(or even if it was finished)to be a classic.

 

[craigdbfan]

Yeah that's a little too pompous for my taste. Tropa De Elite 1 & 2 are freaking amazing though so I'll give him a bit of a pass but you're right that it doesn't sit all that well.

That almost makes me feel like he's overcompensating for a possible dud. I hope I'm dead wrong about that though as I've been a supporter of this project since he came on board.

 

[Travesty]

Well, maybe it'll be a classic piece of ****?

 

[jacobed]

I actually prefer a director to say stuff like that. Shows he has confidence in the piece he is making. Its not like he announced it to the press or anything, he said it to one of his stars in it.

 

[carlosbealerto]

I'm rooting for the new Robo.

Not too worried about the director, but best of luck to the special effects and writing crew. I hope they can pull off a rubber-free robot, and also that they rewrote the cheesy parts of the script.

 

[Wookie-Balls]

I'm an admirer of the cast, not overly in awe of the director and dislike the early draft of the script.

Yet I still hope this will be a good film...

Tragically I think the amount of bad press it has been met with online may have hamstrung it no matter what... I also think that the studio have gone into serious damage limitation mode by putting out sound bites like this, forcing sites to remove pictures and pushing back the release...

I really don't want this to be bad as I love Robo 1 & 2 (for all it's faults.) I just have a bad feeling about this...

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

With that being said, I do find it completely ridiculous for a director to claim his unfinished film(or even if it was finished)to be a classic.

He did not, the actress did.

 

[Figs]

He did not, the actress did.

The actress mentioned what the director said.

I actually have a voicemail message from Jose Padilha, the director. He says in the message, 'I don't think we've got a great movie. I think we've got a classic.'"

 

[Mr.Wednesday]

I really hope they spice up the suit with some CG. I am still very much on the fence with the whole movie.

 

[GREEN =w= DAY]

the fact that it's going to be PG-13 brings the movie down for me already

 

[rogue trooper]

the fact that it's going to be PG-13 brings the movie down for me already

I guess I'm not surprised about this. For its budget, I'm sure the producers must cringe of an R rating, especially after seeing how Dredd and Conan The Barbarian fared at the box office.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

From now on I am no longer surprised at studios routing for a pg-13 rating, rated R action films these days either make money or completely bomb theres no more middle ground.

 

[rogue trooper]

From now on I am no longer surprised at studios routing for a pg-13 rating, rated R action films these days either make money or completely bomb theres no more middle ground.

....yeah, unless your name is Robert Rodriguez or Quentin Tarantino, can you rarely get away with an R-rating, and actually deliver at the box office.
Sad

 

[culver3vlr22]

And with "Unrated" DVD releases. Oh brother! It's a shame but maybe just maybe the studio says even with its terrible reviews and word of mouth "A Good day to Die Hard" did kinda ok for Feb. So maybe just maybe they give us an R rated movie, unlikely.... But I hope

 

[matrix_ghost]

....yeah, unless your name is Robert Rodriguez or Quentin Tarantino, can you rarely get away with an R-rating, and actually deliver at the box office.
Sad

Eehhh not really.
Regardless who the director of a movie is , if the budget increases and chances of the studio asking/demanding a PG-13 rating increases as well.
After all it's business and no one is going to spend 100 plus million on a movie only to see it making less then that a the boxoffice with an R rating.
RR is someone who keeps his cost low therefore allowing him to have a R rating.
Robocop looks like a 100 plus million movie therefore the movie will get an R rating.

 

[matrix_ghost]

I guess I'm not surprised about this. For its budget, I'm sure the producers must cringe of an R rating, especially after seeing how Dredd and Conan The Barbarian fared at the box office.

For every Dredd there is a 300 .
For every Conan there is a District 9.

Honestly Conan sucked balls IMO and the boxoffice showed that.
Dredd was good IMO but the movie just was marketed wrong. I think any movie can succeed if promoted well and also being a good movie.

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

The actress mentioned what the director said.

[/I]

Indeed. I read the article too fast.
Apologies.

 

[Figs]

Indeed. I read the article too fast.
Apologies.

No worries. I've done that more than a few times in the past.

 

[rogue trooper]

RR is someone who keeps his cost low therefore allowing him to have a R rating.
Robocop looks like a 100 plus million movie therefore the movie will get an R rating.

...well, not only that, but, because of his previous successful R-rated films, his name on top of a title can give a sense of guaranteed success at the b.o.

 

[rogue trooper]

Honestly Conan sucked balls IMO and the boxoffice showed that.
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Well, there have been other films that have had worse reviews than Conan and yet fared better at the b.o., maybe partly due to having "safer" budgets.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

For this film it makes so much more sense to just make it PG-13, with how far you can go violence wise with that rating there's no reason to go R. As much as I love the pure violence of the original, the times have changed I really don't see the remake being anywhere near as violent.

 

[culver3vlr22]

For this film it makes so much more sense to just make it PG-13, with how far you can go violence wise with that rating there's no reason to go R. As much as I love the pure violence of the original, the times have changed I really don't see the remake being anywhere near as violent.

I feel the same way. I love Die Hard a film series built on the use of the F word. And "Live Free Or Die Hard" is PG-13 and I love it think it's amazing.

Now that's not for here that's a Die Hard conversation but none the less me as a crazy fanboy of Robocop as I em. I do not fear the rating of a film makes it better, it only allows it more freedom.