. . .another remake. . .loved the 1st one. . .Aronofsky's last movie,'The Fountain' was horrible. . .BUT he is married to Rachel Weisz. . .so he has some taste. . .


Darren Aronofsky Rebooting 'Robocop'
'Pi' director and writer David Self are bring 'Robocop' to MGM for 2010

Darren Aronofsky has accepted MGM's challenge to relaunch the "Robocop" franchise.

The company announced on Thursday (July 24) that the new "Robocop" feature is being fast tracked for a 2010 release with the "Requiem for a Dream" helmer directing from a script by David Self.

"Darren is undeniably one of the most talented, original and visceral film makers, and David is one of the greatest writers in Hollywood," says Mary Parent, chairman of MGM's Worldwide Motion Picture Group. "All of us at MGM couldn't be more excited."

The project will be produced by Phoenix Pictures' Mike Medavoy, Arnold Messer, Brad Fischer and David Thwaites.

In a statement, Medavoy says, "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."

Paul Verhoven directed the 1987 original, which focused on a Detroit cop played by Peter Weller. After being terminally wounded, the character is brought back as a law-enforcement cyborg bent on cleaning up urban blight.

The relatively low-budget film was a box office success and even picked up a pair of Oscar nominations.

"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," say Fischer and Thwaites in yet another statement.

Other credits for Aronofsky include "Pi," "The Fountain" and the upcoming "The Wrestler."

Self wrote the dramas "Thirteen Days" and "Road to Perdition."

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I reject your reality and substitute my own!

i liked The Fountain, for the most part. * shrugs *
Just watched it the other night.

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The first movie was great, the second- pretty bad, and I never watched the third.

"...or there will be trouble."

LOVED that line.

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-An armed society is a polite society.
And hope is a lousy defense.

There is no safety for honest men
except by believing all possible evil
of evil men.

I *love* Sigs. It's Glocks I hate.

I guess there's nothing new to be had.

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Sorry. You just cannot top Clarence Boddicker.

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Never underestimate the predictability of stupidity

RoboCop 2 was one of the worst turdburgers I've ever had the displeasure of seeing.

Somewhere in the middle of it, once the title character had been dismantled by the bad guys, I'm sitting there going - where the heck is RoboCop, I haven't seen him in like 20 minutes? Isn't that who this movie is supposed to be about?

I think #3 was just a long intro for the short-lived TV show...