Aronofsky and Self Confirmed for RoboCop

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Aronofsky and Self Confirmed for RoboCop

Source:MGM

July 24, 2008

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (MGM) has signed Darren Aronofsky to direct and David Self to write a new installment for its "RoboCop" franchise. Aronofsky, the director of The Fountain, and Self, the writer of Road to Perdition, make a formidable creative team, fast tracking the RoboCop motion picture and spotlighting it as one of the most anticipated new films for 2010.

The announcement was made today by Mary Parent, Chairman, Worldwide Motion Picture Group, MGM.

In making the announcement Parent said: "Darren is undeniably one of the most talented, original and visceral film makers, and David is one of the greatest writers in Hollywood. All of us at MGM couldn't be more excited."

Phoenix Pictures' Mike Medavoy, Arnold Messer, Brad Fischer and David Thwaites will produce "RoboCop." Cale Boyter, Executive Vice President Production at MGM will oversee the project for the studio.

Phoenix Pictures' Chairman and CEO Mike Medavoy said: "After making the first 'RoboCop' at Orion more than 20 years ago, I'm thrilled to be helping to return this character to the screen with our partners at MGM and through the eyes of Darren Aronofsky and David Self."

Phoenix co-presidents Brad Fischer and David Thwaites added: "With a filmmaker of Darren Aronofsky's vision and imagination and a writer of David Self's caliber, we are poised to bring to the screen an entertaining and provocative film, which will now be under the creative guidance of two of the best storytellers working in our industry today."

The original RoboCop, which premiered in 1987, was "part man, part machine and all cop." The film's storyline focused on the future of law enforcement as a terminally wounded cop returns to the police force as a powerful cyborg haunted by submerged memories. The original film was nominated for two Academy Awards -- Best Film Editing and Best Sound.

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Posted by: LEE on July 24, 2008 at 20:19:57

wow

Posted by: Korin on July 24, 2008 at 20:21:59

Hope it will be good

Posted by: Zep on July 24, 2008 at 20:23:02

I keep hearing about Aronofsky being assigned to all these projects but has he completed any of them?

What happened to Black Swan, The Fighter, The Wrestler, and others?

Posted by: lou-bert vs. q-bert on July 24, 2008 at 20:25:38

I don't care if Jesus himself directs or writes it. It's just a stupid, unneccessary, lazy idea.

Posted by: Me on July 24, 2008 at 20:26:55

Don't forget, wasn't he also supposed to direct Batman Begins (or Batman Year One) before Christopher Nolan?

Posted by: robotic samurai on July 24, 2008 at 20:38:51

i hope robocop takes too much nuke and has to have his arm cut off. then his distraught wife can go crazy and ride the subway all day trying to get to her 'juice by tappy' taping.
seriously, as long as he's just doing the directing, it's fine. he turned down 'watchmen' to do 'the fountain', and it was nothing but cool visuals. 'rfad' was the same with a lot of despair, which the young people sense and automatically think "this is genius!" but at least 'pi' had some ideas in it. the truth is though that most of his imagery has leaned toward the mystical or emotional -even in 'the fountain'- and he hasn't done a strongly scifi movie yet. it's too early to guess how this will turn out.

Posted by: MOVIE MASTER on July 24, 2008 at 20:43:38

holy crap a new robocop i hope they bring bak that robot from the first movie the huge blue robot that robocop had to destroy

Posted by: idontcarewhos1st on July 24, 2008 at 20:46:36

I am still trying to get everyone I know to see the original and now this remake will totally overshadow it. I'm actually against this despite the crew so far

Posted by: isshiah on July 24, 2008 at 20:47:59

I hope they do it justice.

Posted by: OsGom on July 24, 2008 at 20:49:17

I'm sorry the originals weren't great to begin with.
I wish these people would focus on something fresh instead of dead decaying old franchises.

Posted by: Tighelander on July 24, 2008 at 20:56:30

The first movie was perfect.

Posted by: Old comic geek on July 24, 2008 at 21:24:44

Is al creativity gone the way of the DoDo....Jeez, think of something new!

Posted by: GammaBob on July 24, 2008 at 21:30:11

So long as it's a sequel and NOT a remake! The original is one of my favorite movies and in my opinion there would be NO good reason to remake it.

Posted by: carcus on July 24, 2008 at 21:30:56

aronofsky? really? i was excited when i first heard about this. i gotta tell ya, i'm worried now. thats like joel schumacher make batman movies...woops....oh yeah, on a side note, dark knight is the greatest batman put to film ever!!! heath ledger made jack nicholson look like mickey mouse covered in poop.

Posted by: phoenix taylor on July 24, 2008 at 21:34:09

F that! get FRANK MILLAR to do it! it is his story!!!

Posted by: The Tyrant Virus on July 24, 2008 at 21:38:37

Is the word f-i-r-s-t getting censored? That's pretty humorous especially since it's pretty much been used legitimately in this topic so far.

That said, I recently watched the original Robocop on HBO or Cinemax or whatever and, wow, I thought it was pretty lame. I hadn't seen it in a long time, but I didn't remember it being that bad. I've only seen Requiem for a Dream (good) and The Fountain (wtf) so I'm not sure how good Aronofsky really is, but I'll wait for a trailer before I decide whether I'd see this movie or not.

Posted by: The Tyrant Virus on July 24, 2008 at 21:40:12

Eff - Eye - ARE - ESS - TEA is what I was trying to spell in my post above but it got censored, despite being a legit use of the word. Hilarious.

Posted by: BLOCKBUSTER EMPLOYEE on July 24, 2008 at 21:41:44

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Posted by: TimC on July 24, 2008 at 21:44:02

The original one was filmed by my house. When they were in the warehouse and he was adjusting his sights. Yeah First on that!!!

Posted by: BLOCKBUSTER EMPLOYEE on July 24, 2008 at 21:45:26

well they shot the movie in my house and used my toilet so HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: TimC on July 24, 2008 at 21:48:36

Thats cool. Was that the scene where Robocop was goin down on your mom!!! HA HA!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: TimC on July 24, 2008 at 21:56:01

does robocop like men cause i wanna marry him!

Posted by: MaxHardCore on July 24, 2008 at 21:57:30

I guess the real question now is Peter Weller coming back?

Posted by: TimC on July 24, 2008 at 21:59:18

peter weller is a beautiful man yummy!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Andrew on July 24, 2008 at 22:00:17

First movie rules.

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