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The Lion has finally started to really stir, with MGM announcing its first post-bankruptcy co-financing deal Thursday and studio execs telling creative reps that it's moving on a quintet of projects, including remakes of 1980s pics "Mr. Mom" and "The Idolmaker" and long-gestating reboots of "RoboCop" and "Poltergeist."
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118032494

I'd love to see this remade. I know the originals always better.
 
While I am against remakes, I do think the world needs Robocop back.
 
they're remaking Mr. Mom as well?!! :cmad: i love that movie. Michael Keaton was great in it.

i'll only support an idea of a Robocop reboot if Darren Arronofsky is still involved in the project
 
Not sure how I feel about RoboCop being remade. The original is still a timeless classic to me and RoboCop 2, though not as good is still great fun and very underrated. RoboCop 3 on the other hand IMO needs to be forgotten.
 
Poltergeist is the biggest offense here.

EDIT: Actually the article states "A fourth Poltergeist". They must have scrapped the reboot and gone with a sequel instead. Good for them.
 
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Darren Arronofsky rebooting Robocop had me excited, but without his involvement I really don't care
 
Not sure how I feel about RoboCop being remade. The original is still a timeless classic to me and RoboCop 2, though not as good is still great fun and very underrated. RoboCop 3 on the other hand IMO needs to be forgotten.


That's exactly how I feel about the originals. I'm not opposed to a remake because I'd like to see Robocop back . It's one thing that could easily be fudged up if they go about it the wrong way though.
 




UPDATE: A solid source tells us that there is no truth to this Variety article. The only projects on MGM's slate at this time include the "Hobbit" films, Bond 23 and Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters.
 
Wasn't there robocop thread around here before. I remember it, during the time darren was up for being director. I still hope the film will happen soon. Would be neat to see what they do with the character now.
 




UPDATE: A solid source tells us that there is no truth to this Variety article. The only projects on MGM's slate at this time include the "Hobbit" films, Bond 23 and Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters.

lol, now we can all breathe. Whew.
 
Well mgm probably will do other films. But right now red dawn, hobbit, and bond are films in production/will be soon or ready to go. So once mgm fully up and running other projects will happen.
 
Since Aronofsky is off the project somebody get Cronenberg.
 




UPDATE: A solid source tells us that there is no truth to this Variety article. The only projects on MGM's slate at this time include the "Hobbit" films, Bond 23 and Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters.

thank God!!
 
Wasn't there robocop thread around here before. I remember it, during the time darren was up for being director. I still hope the film will happen soon. Would be neat to see what they do with the character now.

I tried searching for one but nothing came up.
 
I wouldnt mind a reboot/remake at all

and yeah there was an old Robocop thread I found it, but its over 1000 posts anyway
 
Unnecessary and lame. I'm sure America will eat it up.
 
Unnecessary and lame. I'm sure America will eat it up.

Just like True Grit....

I'm not against the idea of a remake just as long as they have the talent to do something well instead of a half ass name cash in. Like when Aronofsky was on the project it could have something really interesting and really good.
 
Personally, I wouldn't mind seeing someone like Edgar Wright direct it. I'd like a Robocop movie that knows how to deliver with action without taking itself 100% seriously.
 
The Idolmaker with Ray Sharkey and Peter Gallagher is one of my favorite movies I'm surprised that anybody even remembers it enough to remake it.
 
http://www.deadline.com/2011/03/mgm-eyes-jose-padilha-for-robocop-reboot/
EXCLUSIVE: MGM is negotiating with Brazilian director Jose Padilha to direct Robocop, the remake of the futuristic 1987 film originally helmed by Paul Verhoeven. The original was about a cop who was near death and was drafted to become a powerful cyborg cop, until suppressed memories of his past life come back to haunt him. Peter Weller played the character in the original him in the original and the 1990 sequel. Reconstituted under Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum, MGM has targeted Robocop as its first major franchise play, and they worked hard to find a filmmaker who could play on a global field. They were impressed by Padilha's track record with taut crime dramas Elite Squad and a sequel that came out in 2010. Those films were Portuguese language and didn't play huge in the U.S., but Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within grossed over $60 million in Brazil alone last year, surpassing Avatar, Shrek Forever and Alice in Wonderland in Padilha's home country. The original won a Golden Bear at the 2007 Berlinale. Once Padilha is aboard, they will set a writer who'll work under the director's supervision.
The Robocop remake once had Black Swan helmer Darren Aronofsky developing it to direct before MGM halted progress on all of its pictures while trying to fix its finances. Aronofsky moved over to direct Fox's Wolverine sequel with Hugh Jackman. MGM emerged from Chapter 11 and converted its crushing debt of $4.25 billion into equity. The studio is moving forward with James Bond--Deadline broke the story that it's headed for distribution by Sony, with Javier Bardem in talks to play the Bond villain opposite Daniel Craig for director Sam Mendes.
Padilha also directed the documentary Bus 174, about what happened on June 12, 2000 when a bus was taken hostage by armed young men. It played out all day on the Brazilian TV networks and ended horribly. Padilha is repped by CAA.
 
eh I'm still open to the idea, but idk I would try and get another director one with more experience or at least one who has more acclaim
 
Ya I am for it too. Got nothing to say about the new possible director. So I wait to judge once we got more.
 
"Blackman": In all fairness, before Robocop, Paul Verhoeven didn't really have much experience with a genre film of that kind.
 
Personally, I wouldn't mind seeing someone like Edgar Wright direct it. I'd like a Robocop movie that knows how to deliver with action without taking itself 100% seriously.

I'd watch that.

I like Robocop, does it need to be rebooted though? Surely there is some crafty story way to make another Robocop without the evil of a reboot.
 
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