I’m extremely looking forward to the forthcoming remake of Paul Verhoeven’s ultra-violent sci-fi classic ROBOCOP. After seeing the first footage and trailer at San Diego Comic Con, THN we’re highly impressed with what we saw and director Jose Padhila deserves a bit of credit for giving a new spin on the source material, where so many others would have attempted a carbon copy of the 1987 masterpiece. The impressive cast only heightens our hopes and lets all wait before tearing into another reboot.
In RoboCop, the year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Overseas, their drones have been used by the military for years – and it’s meant billions for OmniCorp’s bottom line. Now OmniCorp wants to bring their controversial technology to the home front, and they see a golden opportunity to do it. When Alex Murphy (Joel Kinnaman) – a loving husband, father and good cop doing his best to stem the tide of crime and corruption in Detroit – is critically injured in the line of duty, OmniCorp sees its chance to build a part-man, part-robot police officer. OmniCorp envisions a RoboCop in every city and even more billions for their shareholders, but they never counted on one thing: there is still a man inside the machine pursuing justice.
A brand new trailer will hit the online community on Thursday, and just to remind you, we have new character images featuring Samuel L. Jackson, Jennifer Ehle, Gary Oldman and Jackie Earle Haley. Expect more in the over the next few days in the build up to that trailer.
ROBOCOP co-stars Joel Kinnaman, Abbie Cornish, Michael Keaton, Michael K. Williams, Jay Baruchel, and Marianne Jean-Baptiste. It opens in the US and the UK on 7th February 2013.
Source: Robocop Twitter page
