ROBOCOP Remake Delayed Until 2011

By: Matt | June 16, 2009 at 11:00 AM EDT

“Robocop” won’t be returning to theaters in 2010 as originally planned but you won’t have to wait too much longer, says MGM:

An MGM spokesman told us the project is still on track — though not for a 2010 release, as reports initially suggested. The rep said that the studio had told distributors at an event a couple weeks ago to expect the movie in 2011. He said director Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler, The Fountain) and screenwriter David Self (Road to Perdition) were still working on the script, and that no casting had been completed.

“Robocop” was an awesome 80′s flick and the attachment of Aronofsky as the director is comforting, but it’s one of those films that is going to seriously lose its edge if it drops from its hard R-rating to a PG-13. Scaling back the original level of violence is all the rage in these remakes which works for some, but not something I want to see leveled across all of them. Let’s hope for some awesome data-spike driven killings in 2011!

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Source: io9 via Filmonic

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Vince

I agree that if the remake lessens the violence and makes it for kids, robocop will lose a lot of its appeal. What made robocop so successful was the STORY which was about corruption, violence and vengeance. And this all has to be told in a realistic fashion.

Now if hollywood chooses to make a remake with a pg-13 rating then im sorry, they really are a bunch of losers and are missing the point. It also shows they dont really care about delivering a good movie and only care about how much money they can make.

But hey, if they want to go ahead with a lame blatant cgi, kiddy movie then go ahead. They would do it anyway regardless of the public opinion. After all, we live in a decadent society and in a decadent society, money talks.

Glad im not a part of it.
Robodude

A Robocop remake is the sequel no one asked for. Much of what made the first RC so successful was the 80s quasi-futuristic anxiety toward the “not-too-distant-future”. Well we’re now in the not-too-distant-future of the 1980s. We don’t have hover boards, laser rifles, holographic attendants, or cyborg technology enslaving humanity. We’ve lost much of our innocence when it comes to these sorts of things. It’s best to leave them in the past where they belong, and come up with original ideas. Make those Hollywood writers actually do something for a change.
jake black

I think a remake wont be too bad if they dont screw it up but i do agree we something original for onece but if they film in detriot again it would be cool too see it first hand it was a great movie.
http://google adam

Just do it and dont fuck it up… I loved this movie as a kid, Im 23 and I would love to see them remake this, but it better be rated X, I dont want some pg-13 crap.. This needs to be true to the original
David Traynier

All that should concern those of us who like the first film is that they make a film that it is interesting, intelligent and inventive. making a rating a prerequisite before embarking on a project seems misguided to me. If violence is necessary to telling a story well then so be it, but violence shouldn’t be an objective in itself -this isn’t pornography.

In my opinion, as highly as I rate the original film, I found it excessively violent in places to the point of being ridiculous -the shooting of Murphy being the case in point. To my mind that scene was excessive.

Violence should be used minimally to convey the truth of a scene and to shock but only as support for a good story. A story should never be written to justify showing violence.

If the new film needs to be a R to tell it’s story, no problem. But if it can tell an intelligent story with a PG-13, and so be open to a wider audience, then that’s fine too.
http://google adam

Il see it no matter what, but that scene with murphy getting killed needs to be there…… Graphic death and rebirth…. but if anything I just want to hear my favorite line… ” I am a repeat offender. I repeat I will offend again”
Josh the Happy

Dude, he’s right the murphy slaughter scene is very critical to the story. (and if your like me kinda funny.) I’ve seen the first movie over 100 times, and yeah, excessive violence is really necessary to the plot. You cannot leave out the corruption and Paul Veerhoven style commentary/mockery of Society however. (Media Break/tv commercials)Anything less than an “R” rating would be a disappointment. Yeah an unrated blue ray will neat, but i want to see GOOD NC-17 in theater, with no 3-D bullshitting around.
The Dan

I really do hope that tinsel town can steer away from the greed on this one and keep it close to the original. I agree that Robocop, though quite gory is a story driven flick. The original had fantastic characters, fantastic themes (political, satirical and hommages to old western classics) and a beautiful original score. I pray that they will not rape this greta legacy by making it into a low brow action flick or a silly kids movie.
Nick

I think that the original is still fresh enough not to be remade. If they are going to do a new Robocop movie, then let it be a true continuation of the events in the original. Having said that, I don’t consider RC2 and 3 to be sequels to the first masterpiece. I mean they screwed up the last two, I hope they don’t make the same mistakes with the new one.

Going on to the theme of violence, the first was over the top but it was supported by a touching story about humanity and a great emotional soundtrack. The violent death of Murphy, I believe was neccessary in order to make his resurrection as robo more great.

Anyway, I the one thing I don’t want to see in new robocop is him flying or fighting ninja robots nor being too over the top sf!
Sam Harris

I could only hope they find a great actor to play the role of Murphy/RoboCop. And I’ll bet you all 100-to-1 that the actor that will play Clarence Boddicker will probably wear glasses like Kurtwood Smith did.

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