MGM are one step closer to their re-take on the ROBOCOP franchise, having hired GRAN TORINO (2008) screenwriter Nick Schenk to work on the screenplay.
He joins Jose Padilha, who has been attached to direct the sci-fi,which will finally get development under way after years of waiting.
The two have worked together before, with Padilha, who co-wrote and directed ELITE SQUAD: THE ENEMY WITHIN (2010), on the action thriller TRI-BORDER.
The studio is hoping for a summer release for ROBOCOP, with 19 years having passed since the release of ROBOCOP 3. With a poor critical reception last time lets hope this one will be more successful.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
