Robocop

Empire asks the hard hitting questions of Darren Aronofsky, and here’s what he said:

“It’s a real reinvention,” he told us, responding to those rumours that the movie would somehow follow on or be a direct sequel to Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 original. “Me and David Self are working on the screenplay. He’s a great, great writer and we’re trying to do something new and fresh. We’ll see what happens when the screenplay comes.”

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More from MTV about whether this is a reboot or a sequel:

And make no mistake, Fischer and his co-producer Mike Medavoy insisted: Their new “Robocop” is a reboot along the lines of “Batman Begins,” despite early online rumors to the contrary.

Asked where in the series the fourth film would fall, whether it would come after the first, second or third films in the series’ internal universe, Fischer and Medavoy were adamant that it would stand on its own, apart from the character’s earlier incarnations.

“None of [the earlier films are] going to be canonical, as a matter of fact,” Fischer revealed. “I wouldn’t say it’s a direct sequel.”

“Definitely not a sequel,” Medavoy added, saying he preferred the term “reimagining.”

And the question of R-Rated versus PG-13 Rated?

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MGM is going to make new Robocop and be release in 2010 according to this first teaser poster for the movie that SuperheroHype recently uncovered at the Licensing International Expo 2008, New York.

The 1987 original, directed by Paul Verhoeven (”Starship Troopers”), starred Peter Weller as a Detroit city cop in the near future who is killed by a gang of criminals, but his brain is rescued and inserted into a robotic cop — aka Robocop. Things get complicated when Robocop encounters the same gang that killed him, and memories of his old life returns.

From SuperheroHype

According to aintitcool.com

   An interesting press release about MGM seems to confirm the studio’s interest in a project we’d heard alluded to a while back. It dropped off the radar for a while (we were all hoping this one would just go away), but now, unfortunately, now it’s back.

Here’s a snippet from the release:

MGM is planning an exciting fall and winter release schedule. In partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment, MGM will bring new installments of two of its tentpole franchises — the new James Bond movie QUANTUM OF SOLACE and Steve Martin in PINK PANTHER 2. MGM will also release United Artists’ international thriller VALKYRIE, starring Tom Cruise on October 3. With the appointment of Parent, MGM will enter its new phase of evolution by focusing on its major movie franchises highlighted by JAMES BOND and PINK PANTHER sequels, THE HOBBIT, THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR 2, THE OUTER LIMITS, ROBOCOP, DEATH WISH and FAME, among others.

Most of the projects listed here (’cept for maybe OUTER LIMITS…don’t know what they’re doing with that) are already known, or we’ve already covered.

BUT…

ROBOCOP!?!?!?!