RoboCop
Neill Blomkamp has confirmed his forthcoming sequelRoboCop Returnswill be R - rated . The originalRoboCopis a glorious mix of genre , being a sci - fi action flick with prominent State of satire , horror and even spiritual allegory . Director Paul Verhoeven negociate to balance all those tones perfectly , and in between the tar shameful humor and lashings of bloodbath , he provided a story with great graphic symbol and real meat .
Sadly , none of the sequel lived up to the film ’s promise . RoboCop 2upped the gory violence , but outside of some inspired moments , it proved to be a major disappointment . RoboCop 3infamously turned to wrench the character kid well-disposed and watered the satire and violence down for a PG-13 rating ; it killed the motion picture serial publication for 20 class . A PG-13 rebootstarring Joel Kinnaman and Gary Oldman get in in 2014 , but despite a strong cast and theatre director at the helm , it was a slight too straight and clean-living around the edges to leave alone much of a mark , and a planned subsequence never get in .
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Now it ’s been confirmed theater director Neill Blomkamp ( District 9 ) will take the reins onRoboCop Returns , which will dish up as a lineal sequel to the 1987 original whilst ignoring the other movie . The hand will be based off an unusedRoboCop 2draft from writers Michael Miner and Ed Neumeier , which will be rewritten by Justin Rhodes ( Terminator 6 ) . The lack of an R - military rating was a Brobdingnagian point of continuation with the most recentRoboCopmovies , but in response to a tweet from games designer Cliff Bleszinski , Blomkamp has confirmed the moving picture wo n’t be compromising on gore .
This is a small but comforting step since the originalRoboCopwas fundamentally an adult belongings . On the surface , Blomkamp is a unassailable selection for the material , since he ’s steeped in lovemaking for the genre and all of his previous project have interracial satire with radius - rated fury to some degree . The director has also been flexing his originative muscles with a series of impressive short films from his own output companyOats Studios , admit bleak alien invasion storyRakkaand teras movieZygote .
The serial publication could also use a movie that restore the reputation of the part after one too many disappointing sequels , and while there ’s no word on spue yet , it would be squeamish to see original star Peter Weller come back forRoboCop Returnsalso . substitute sequels seem to be the live new property in Hollywood in good order now , withHalloween 2018andTerminator 6both ignoring the mistakes of previous sequels to enjoin raw stories .
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RoboCop Returnsdoesn’t presently have a dismission particular date , but we ’ll update you as more information arrives .
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