Did I miss somthing? Is the deal done with Sony?
Why all the reamkes? At this rate they will remake Dr No - TLD if EON gets stuck for ideas again.
Thinks are looking up for Robocop fans these days not only is there going to be a statue of the iconic cyborg cop erected in Detroit but now the long awaited reboot of the character will be moving back in development at MGM. Following production moves on The Hobbit and James Bond 23 along with distribution moves on Red Dawn and The Cabin in the Woods, the once-fledgling studio MGM has announced more post-bankruptcy plans with its upcoming co-financing deal this past Thursday. Most of MGM’s future slate consist of remakes that were in the planning stages before the studio took a nosedive. Paramount announced earlier this week that MGM would be co-financing their Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, which stars Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton.
MGM will now move forward on its long gestating remake/reboot of RoboCop, which formerly had director Darren Aronofsky attached to helm. Back in December, Darren Aronofsky announced that he was still interested in bringing the half-man, half-machine back to the mean streets of Detroit. However, with his involvement on The Wolverine, the next solo Wolverine/X-Men project at Fox and then his biblical tale Noah, it isn’t clear where the director stands right now. He may come back solely as a producer on the project and hire some new up and comer to direct.
Other projects the studio has coming back up are Poltergeist, Mr. Mom, The Idolmaker and Hercules.
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Red Dawn sounds cool. RoboCop was done to death with all those series. The original RoboCop is a classic, damned gritty and bloody too. I can see why they would want to remake it but why is a better question.
Favorite Bond Movie: The Dark Knight Trilogy, Mission: Impossible, Kingsman: The Secret Service and The November Man or any upcoming actioners starring Pierce Brosnan (no, it's not James Bond which is good since it will help him expand his reputation as an actor especially in the action realm)
Favorite Movies: Star Wars Indiana Jones Star Trek The Dark Knight Trilogy Harry Potter Middle-Earth The Matrix Mission: Impossible The Mummy Jurassic Park Godzilla
I loved robocop but hated the sequels. When I was a kid I read the books for robocop 1 & 2. Totally diffrent takes on the story.
End of RObocop he was starting to getting his personality back and some of his own control. Robocop 2 he was a brain in a jar, like cain. I didn't like taht take on the story. Also robocop was a good story as to his (Alex Murphy) survival in the book there were several other Robocop who blew their brains out, there was something to Alex make up that made him a survivor and why eh dreamed.
I like a good reboot that follows the first movies closely, the 2nd and 3rd movies were bad. The campy stop motion animation ED209 and outragious commercials and news clips I don't think they can copy.
Man I used to ahve the toy and video games, I beat the Nintendo Robocop game and I think there was a cartoon and toy with that series as well.
Chief of Staff, 007's gone round the bend. Says someone's been trying to feed him a poisoned banana. Fellow's lost his nerve. Been in the hospital too long. Better call him home.
Omega wrote:I remember a SciFy series a few years ago. It was um not bad. Probably better then Robo 3.
Wasn't there a big deal about Robo 3 being delayed because the studio went bankrupt?
The television stuff was good on the whole but it never quite feels like Robocop with all the violence toned down. Robocop 3 was supposed to come out in 1991 but only appeared in 1993. I'm not even sure if it made it into cinemas. A shame because it had The Monster Squad director and could have been a good film.
James wrote:
Robocop 3 was supposed to come out in 1991 but only appeared in 1993. I'm not even sure if it made it into cinemas.
I saw it in the cinema.
Oh. I think I have a Starburst back issue from 1991 where it previews the film like it's an imminent release but then it only surfaced in 1993 so I thought it might have been a straight to DVD job. I remember the film because it had a robot ninja and the head of the Detroit Police was some sneering English bloke! Hollywood loved nothing more back then than British villains and the notion that Japan was taking over the world.
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Ale wrote:I'm confused by this piece of news. I read just the other day that the project was absolutely dead and they did not intend to go on with it. WTF?
Wish they didn't, hollywood will just find another way to screw up a classic, robocop should be left in the past it was great but hollywood will find a way to really screw it up and make it look like a turd like most of the remakes they've done.
I kind of agree. I would like them to make a mvoie set after Robocop 1 that undoes the sequels but all of the real drama is in the first story and that is what any movie maker will want to capture. They are rebooting spiderman just because. I really don't know how I feel about that. Tobey Maguire was ok as spidy but as Parker lacked something. I guess a bad movie even if it did big money can hurt a franchise. Untill spidy3 I thought the team did a good job on the series.
I wonder if sony is involved with Bond 23 and 24 and if the new spiderman is successful if they will not try to re-reboot bond just to do it.
Chief of Staff, 007's gone round the bend. Says someone's been trying to feed him a poisoned banana. Fellow's lost his nerve. Been in the hospital too long. Better call him home.
Ale wrote:I'm confused by this piece of news. I read just the other day that the project was absolutely dead and they did not intend to go on with it. WTF?
Maybe they sold the rights cheap. Hey, I'd buy that for a dollar!
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Favorite Bond Movie: Dr No, Goldfinger, Goldeneye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World is Not Enough, License to Kill, The Spy Who Loved Me.
Favorite Movies: Sabrina (the original), To Catch a Thief, Charade, High Society, Indiscreet. More recent: The Blind Side, Top Gun, Jerry Maguire, Someone Like You, Wolverine, Spy Game, Miami Vice, Fantastic Four, No Reservations, The Wedding Date, 27 Dresses, How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days, The Devil Wears Prada
Ale wrote:I'm confused by this piece of news. I read just the other day that the project was absolutely dead and they did not intend to go on with it. WTF?
Maybe they sold the rights cheap. Hey, I'd buy that for a dollar!
