RoboCop
The newest KFC commercial featureRoboCopdressed up as Colonel Sanders . The firstRoboCopstarred Peter Weller as Alex J. Murphy , a law officer from Detroit who returns to the force as a bionic woman after a brutal gunfight . Ever sinceRoboCop ’s premiere in 1987 , the part has remained a recognisable figure in soda water culture that wo n’t seem to go away .
After the success of the first celluloid , it was n’t a handsome surprisal that Orion Pictures go ahead and craft another continuation three years later . RoboCop 2wasn’t as highly regarded as Paul Verhoeven ’s original flick , but the character all the same continue to reelect to the big screen and the modest screen for years . RoboCop 3was release in 1993 replace Weller with Robert John Burke as RoboCop , andRoboCop : The Serieswould air a year later . Just when fans thought the bionic woman bull was finally all in , the case returned for a remaking in 2014 , whichreceived interracial reviewsat better . Now it seem that the fictitious character is jumping back to the humble cover , only this clip to push fried Gallus gallus .
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KFChas had some interesting marketing effort over the years , but their new commercials show RoboCop mask as none other than the Colonel himself . The first video below explains howKFCwould be ruined if their secret recipe was ever disclose , so they employed RoboCop to control that never find . KFChas also expel a series of commercials that sport a RoboCop version of Sanders promoting their $ 5 Fill Ups as well as their $ 20 Fill Ups . The final commercial message evidence a military man asking RoboCop for the undercover formula , before he reply , " If I evidence you , I ’d have to kill you . " All of the mentioned commercial can be insure in full below .
While KFC seems to be having fun promoting their chicken , RoboCop will soon be returning to theaters . In early 2018 , it was revealed that conscientious objector - author Ed Neumeier was working on acontinuation of the original 1987RoboCop . Very little is known about the continuation , which is currently being referred to asRoboCop Returns , butNeill Blomkamp is set to direct . Also , Weller likely wo n’t be returningto reprise his theatrical role as RoboCop for the motion picture . Unlike the 2014 remake , Blomkamp’sRoboCop Returnswill be rated R.
Fans were surely surprised to see RoboCop advert fried Gallus gallus for KFC this morning , but this emphatically is n’t the first sentence a fast - food chain has used the power of movie theater to bring in tending to their restaurants . place like McDonald ’s and Burger King have been including toys free-base on pop movie in their kid meal for long time , but usually , these films are family well-disposed . KFC being mashed up with a pop ' LXXX plastic film likeRoboCopmay seem like a pathetic marketing ploy , but it will sure as shooting work attention to their patronage .
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Source : KFC