"Think it over, creep."
Director Darren Aronofsky (The Fountain, Pi, Requiem For A Dream) is teaming with writer David Self (The Road To Perdition and the upcoming redo The Wolfman) to bring back our favorite Motor City cyborg policeman. The announcement came amidst the chaos that is Comic Con 2008. I’m not sure how I feel about this one yet. The pairing of Aronofsky and Self is a pretty good move, no doubt about it. However, I have a funny feeling about this one. Frank Miller took two shots at co-writing both ROBOCOP sequels, and the authored the comic version, ROBOCOP vs. Terminator. Each sequel has been victim to harsh criticism, but ROBOCOP 2 wasn’t that bad in my opinion. We’ll see what Aronofsky has up his sleeve for the baby food eating gun slinging cyborg as the movie is being given a 2010 release date. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the fourth movie will take place 20 years later after the ROBOCOP project was scrapped in Motor City but will now be transported to L.A.
You can catch that report here
It remains to be seen if this movie will have the same feel as its predecessors managing to take shots at capitalism and corporate cheesedicks, but the idea is getting a whole lot more interesting with Aronofsky and Self on board.
