In welcome news today from MTV.com comes word that the Darren Aronofsky-helmed Robocop reboot will probably be rated R.
This is very good news. Some people were concerned that MGM would push for a more teen-friendly PG-13 rating for this “re-imagining instead of an R rating that would be more in line with the original film directed by Paul Vorhoeven from way back in 1987.
As a matter of fact the original was so violent that it had to be trimmed down to acheive its R rating because the MPAA gave the first cut of the film an X rating.
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Producer Mike Medavoy had this to say about the film:
“Well I was involved with the original ‘Robocop,’ and it was an R, and the likelihood is that this will be an R. It’s likely to be an R unless the director cuts back on some of it.”
Based on Aronofsky’s previous work it’s not likely he’ll be going for a PG-13 rating.
The new Robocop film is not a sequel, so I guess we can stop calling it Robocop 4. Instead of “remake” or “reboot” Medavoy prefers the currently chic ”reimagining.” It will not be tied to anything that has come before in the series, so it will be the Batman Begins of the Robocop movie franchise.
Rumors of the film being shot as a 3D feature were also shot down.
Robocop is set to open some time in 2010.
Source: MTV
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Vic, any chance they’ll shoot any in native I-Max?
Vic
Adored the orginial RC and RC2, but hated RC3 and everything from the television movies and series. IMHO, if done with respect, could reignite a tarnished franchise and give the cyborg a second wind.
As long as he has a semi-automatic Desert Eagle, I’ll be happy.
Keep the story based in OCP controlled Detroit and all be happy,,,,
RC and RC2 were classic’s !!!!
C’MON ROBO-COP “THE BEST” SUPERHERO TO GET THE DARK/VIOLENCE JUST PERFECT…THE DARK KNIGHT TAKE NOTE!!!
Robocop delt mainly with a city in the grip of drug gangs. I didn’t see any drug use in TDK, also I don’t consider Robo a superhero.
He’s more like a weapon or an action star.
Braveheart what’s with the Cap-lock all the time ??
Robo-cop sure was a superhero even though he was not in a comic at the time..If you think back to 1987 what other superhero movies were there!? Answer…none!!Superman was dead and Batman was still 2 years away…and NO Marvel heroes at all to be seen..so to go along and see Robo-Cop was just incredible.
The Dark Knight is a three hour bore-festival!
please no japanese cyborgs .
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