Robocop Gets a Writer

Robocop Gets a Writer

According to Deadline, MGM has found a writer for the reboot of Robocop in the form of Josh Zetumer, this coming on the heels of the studio bringing aboad Brazilian director Jose Padilha.

By EdGross - Mar 10, 2011 06:03 PM EST
Filed Under: Robocop
Source: Deadline

Although not generally known outside the industry yet, Zetumer has had A LOT going on behind the scenes. He's written the spy thriller Infiltrator, which is to star Leonardo DiCaprio for Warner Bros. Additionally he wrote several drafts of what was supposed to be Peter Berg's version of Dune, he was the writer behind the now aborted fourth Bourne Identity film and has handed in the screenplay for Vale, described as a supernatural action thriller (also at Warners).

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redrobin001
redrobin001 - 3/10/2011, 6:53 PM
about time
NeoBaggins
NeoBaggins - 3/10/2011, 7:13 PM
So what.
patriautism
patriautism - 3/10/2011, 7:40 PM
Patrick Wilson for Murphy..


Justice
Justice - 3/10/2011, 8:47 PM
Seriously why? We already saw Murphy kick-ass in the 1st 3 movies, we DON'T NEED TO REBOOT THE WHOLE FRANCHISE! That's like rebooting: "Spider-Man"? Oh wait they already did that with calling it: The Amazing Spider-Man.

Damn Hollywood can't get noghting right these day's. Whatever happened to being "orginal". Orginality, beats them all, jsut saying.
Tk421
Tk421 - 3/10/2011, 8:49 PM
Have they really run out of new ideas.....

Buuut if they're going to do it I'm with Capt' Prog...BLOOD AND TITTIES all the way, 'caaauuuuse "I'd buy that for a dollar !!"
SinAllnite
SinAllnite - 3/10/2011, 11:27 PM
well i see it like this if they reboot it it would be very intristing but if i had my way the story would be taking murphy on stand by from the third movie and he be gets a bad ass upgrade taking rust monotone robo to polished and very thankful laguistic android with an old Detroit attude thak that Scum Bags Vertttt...Vertttt....Bang Bang
thereaper27
thereaper27 - 3/10/2011, 11:44 PM
@ELgUaSoN....why would they make movies about unpopular characters? lol
SinAllnite
SinAllnite - 3/10/2011, 11:47 PM
well i see it like this if they reboot it it would be very intristing but if i had my way the story would be taking murphy on stand by from the third movie and he be gets a bad ass upgrade taking rust monotone robo to polished and very thankful laguistic android with an old Detroit attude thak that Scum Bags Vertttt...Vertttt....Bang Bang
AlexDeLarge87
AlexDeLarge87 - 3/11/2011, 2:55 AM
Paul Bettany, Christian Bale or Alexander Skarsgård as Alex J. Murphy


RyKnow
RyKnow - 3/11/2011, 2:58 AM
This is a film that DOES NOT need remaking/rebooting or whatever you wan't to call it. I first saw this film as a kid when it came out on VHS (remember those lol) and thought it was absolutely brilliant. I watched it recently, and it was still, absolutely brilliant. It doesn't need updating for today's generation. I watched it with my 13 year old niece, and she thought it was awesome. The effects still stand up today, the action is still spot on, there's a very human story in there (something of a rarety in 80's films), and who else could pull Clarence Boddicker off even half as good as Kurtwood Smith.
While we're on the subject, Total Recall and The Crow don't need remaking either.
TheCourageousSquirrel
TheCourageousSquirrel - 3/11/2011, 3:16 AM
this is gonna look like power rangers
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 3/11/2011, 4:03 AM
[frick] you HOLLYWOOD!!!!

Leave ROBOCOP alone!

It never needs to be remade... just like THE CROW...NO!


Next they'll reboot/remake F'ing STAR WARS!!!

Got to stop now!
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 3/11/2011, 4:08 AM
You wanna make CYBORG movies HOLLYWOOD...

These are begging to be made =



StuckInPanels
StuckInPanels - 3/11/2011, 5:14 AM
LEAVE ROBOCOP ALONE!!!! IM SERIOUS!!!!......really this character doesn't need to be remade or rebooted to a modern era. He was a satire on the 80s American culture, with the idea of a corporation controlling a service that they themselves could influence to have only the rich pay for while allowing the poor to fend for themselves......They had their chances of making a great movie into a franchise that challenged people's sensibilities when it came to the culture they live in. #2 was a fun silly 80s action movie and #3 was a literal #2, it was so bad I felt it offended me, and I was 6 when it came out. As for everyone saying "lets see him upgraded"....NO...NO....bad fanboys bad...the character was supposed to be bulky and look like it has some real weight to it, you know like how all mechanical beings should have. The Bayformers for example despite being huge they don't seem to have any weight to them, they roll around and leap in the air with ease, giant hunks of metal can't do that without causing some form of damage to the ground or environment.....theres suspension of disbelief and then theres insulting my intelligence.....Keep Robocop away from the reboot chopping block, same with Total Recall, The Crow, Escape from New York, any great 80s/90s movie doesn't need a modern interpretation, let them exist in the time that they were created....its called Nostalgia, we remember these things from our past and enjoy them for what they gave us back then and how they made like what we like today
RyKnow
RyKnow - 3/11/2011, 5:16 AM
@ LEEE777 - We're on the same wavelength here dude. I'm half expecting a remake of The Terminator :(
Jer3miah
Jer3miah - 3/11/2011, 6:01 AM
@grif: I did NOT know Robocop made an appearance in WcW. Wow, what an epic moment. Aah, memories...b The good ol' wrestling days before fudge-packing Cena and Orton.
orin
orin - 3/11/2011, 7:56 AM
I'd totally love to see Patrick Wilson get this role!
Nothing could make me happier.

And to the "fans" complaining.
I'm a fan too.
After the lousy 2nd and 3rd movies, the 2 absolutely terrible live-action series, and the 2 lame animated series, and mediocre comics....
Robo could use one more GOOD movie.
Let him go out on a high note.
StrangerX
StrangerX - 3/11/2011, 8:06 AM
[frick]ing Hollywood!!
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 3/11/2011, 8:38 AM
I DUNNO, IF THEY DO IT THEY HAVE TO GET THE RIGHT GUY, RIGHT VOICE, AND HE HAS TO DO THE ROBOT LIKE MOVEMENTS REALLY WELL, PETER WELLER DID ROBOCOP REALLY GOOD. HE HAD THAT DISTINCT VOICE AND THAT LOOK

WATCH THIS=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8ck1Pyc7RM
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 3/11/2011, 8:53 AM
AlexDeLarge87
AlexDeLarge87 - 3/11/2011, 11:04 AM
LEE777@ I would prefer Deathlok over this anytime!:D
Spidey1996
Spidey1996 - 3/11/2011, 4:14 PM
Can't wait for this!
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 3/11/2011, 6:37 PM
Is Aronovsky still attached to Direct? And speaking of him, aren't we due for some Wolverine news? TDKR and The Avengers have been releasing some good stuff, where's Wolverine?
comicb00kguy
comicb00kguy - 3/11/2011, 9:58 PM
I'm with those here who say DON'T REMAKE ROBOCOP! The original is one of my personal favorite movies, and there is nothing that could be done to "improve" it. I'm fine with a sequel if it wipes out the previous sequels, and gets back to the clever satire and social commentary that made the original such a classic.
comicb00kguy
comicb00kguy - 3/11/2011, 10:03 PM
I'd rather see a remake of this classic:

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