Are You Ready For The Return Of Robocop?

by: James A. Barnes

Variety reports that MGM has tapped District 9 director Neil Blompkamp to helm the new Robocop Sequel Robocop Returns.

MGM previously partnered with Sony for 2014's Robocop remake that starred Joel Kinnaman (Alex Murphy/Robocop), Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson, Abbie Cornish, and Jackie Earle Haley. 

Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 RoboCop film starred Peter Weller and went on to gross over $50M worldwide and won the Oscar for best sound editing and was nominated for best film editing and best sound mixing.

Ed Neumeier wrote the original screenplay and will return to produce the sequel and Michael Miner will be the executive producer. Justin Rhodes will rewrite the script that Neumeier and Miner wrote as a sequel to Verhoeven’s original.

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