Jose Padilha Officially Signed On To Direct 'Robocop'.

Jose Padilha Officially Signed On To Direct 'Robocop'.

The fairly unknown director of 'Elite Squad' has officially signed on to direct the upcoming reboot/remake of the 1987 movie 'Robocop'...

By Comedian03 - Mar 19, 2011 07:03 AM EST
Filed Under: Robocop
Source: Deadline



Not too long ago we reported that director Jose Padilha was rumored to be closing a deal with MGM to direct the upcoming 'Robocop' reboot, and now it looks like that's been confirmed as he told GI that the deal has officially been closed.
The reboot/remake will have a script written by Josh Zetumer, most of you will not recognize his name for the simple fact that he has never produced any screenplays. He does however have a spy-thriller movie called 'Infiltrator' currently in development over at Warner Bros.

Most of you wont recognize Jose Padilha's name either. He directed the movie 'Elite Squad' as well as a handful of documentaries.

It's kind of hard to say how this movie will turn out with two fairly unknowns involved with directing and the script. I've never seen any of Jose's movies before but who knows, maybe the two of them can bring a fresh take to and old character.
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LEEE777
LEEE777 - 3/19/2011, 7:10 AM
[frick] OFF HOLLYWOOD!


Do not touch and remake ROBOCOP!


Just like THE CROW... leave it alone!


Next it'll be STAR WARS... hell no!
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 3/19/2011, 7:21 AM
Dickel @ RobertCop HAHA!!!

Played by Robert (robot actor) Pattinson! : D




Bwahahahahahhahahhahhahahhahaha!
kurekurcubic
kurekurcubic - 3/19/2011, 7:24 AM
right on jose and josh,show this [female dog]es what you can do...
imnotwearinghockeypants
imnotwearinghockeypants - 3/19/2011, 7:30 AM
If he even remotely resembles that cyber ninja anime bullshit, this movie is a fail. Robocop is a tank, not a laser gun.
UGN
UGN - 3/19/2011, 7:30 AM
Why are they remaking robocop? WHY!!!???

www.undergroundgeeknetwork.com
jazzman
jazzman - 3/19/2011, 7:41 AM
@LEEE777

actually Robocop needs a reboot and it should be a R-Rated movie.
rodsvilaca
rodsvilaca - 3/19/2011, 7:43 AM
Elite Squad 2 - Official Trailer:

rodsvilaca
rodsvilaca - 3/19/2011, 7:47 AM
Ruka, sou eu mesmo. O nerd mais chato e mais nerd que existe. Se quiser entrar em contato comigo: [email protected]
AlexDeLarge87
AlexDeLarge87 - 3/19/2011, 7:56 AM
Elite Squad looks interesting gotta check it out!

Hope he makes Robocop gritty and realistic and not add that futuristic stuff what is in those concept arts!
StrangerX
StrangerX - 3/19/2011, 7:57 AM
I don't know how to feel about this. I love the Original. It was gritty and still stands the test of time. This could turn out to be good tho. We shall see.
AlexDeLarge87
AlexDeLarge87 - 3/19/2011, 8:05 AM
ruka@ Lets hope so = toivotaan niin :)
Danilo
Danilo - 3/19/2011, 8:24 AM
RodSVilaca eu não chamaria vc de Nerd, e sim de exibicionista!

Espero que Jose Padilha faça um bom trabalho!
marckos
marckos - 3/19/2011, 8:30 AM
brasileiros tomando conta do comick book movie :D
jose padilha is great!
Danilo
Danilo - 3/19/2011, 9:01 AM
É isso ae @marckos...
@Ruka Brasileiros geeks sim!
Exibicionistas não! ¬¬
Djleroy
Djleroy - 3/19/2011, 10:03 AM
I'm up for this, I think this could be good!
konoyaro
konoyaro - 3/19/2011, 10:06 AM
se o Jpadilha tiver liberdade e colocar toda a violencia e brutalidade de "tropa de elite"em robocop ,a gente tem um vencedor.

if they give Jpadilha freedom to work and he brings all the violence and brutality of "elitesquad" to robocop we got a winner.

capitao nascimento vira robocop..."tras u cabo de vassora!"
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 3/19/2011, 10:52 AM
X @ HOLLYWOOD can do a decent REBOOT CONTINUATION then, not a remake dude! ; p


JAZZ @ R-Rating you'll be lucky LOL!


It'll be as sh1t as the new NIGHTMARE ON ELM ST's and FRIDAY THE 13TH Remakes!

Leave alone and do good continuation stories only!!!
steelrocks
steelrocks - 3/19/2011, 4:14 PM
@OSCURO that's absolutely hilarious! lmao


hey dudes, seriously, you gotta believe me on this. If you have not watched Elite Squad, you are wasting time. One of the best movies I've ever seen. And then you wont wait a second until you watch ES2, and you will be blown away with it.

Robocop will be a delight if it's done by this guy.

steelrocks
steelrocks - 3/19/2011, 4:16 PM

doesnt matter where you watch it, crappy online websites, rented from shittybuster, or anywhere... Just do it!

I think netflix has ES1, but not the 2.
Nav
Nav - 3/21/2011, 9:07 PM
Elite Squad 1 & 2 completely RULES.

Padilha is the man, no doubts of that!


Cant wait to see his version of Robocop, since he loves razor tempered anti-heroes and often shows all colors of real violence and also criticizes main social hypocrisy.

His Captain Nascimento cannot be stopped. Even by the System. Total warrior who lives by a code of justice.

I imagine what he would do with the Punisher....it would be just the PERFECTION.
Nav
Nav - 3/21/2011, 9:12 PM
In fact, I hope Fox NEVER hires him.

It would be a total waste of talent.
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