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MGM chairperson Mary Parent needs something big to resurrect the once-great studio that is now mere days from imploding. And while a 23rd James Bond film is currently in the works — and would likely score big at the box office, with or without Sam Mendes as director — the studio needs something more, new-wave. Enter 3D, the format that James Cameron has thrust into the minds of Hollywood execs with the success of Avatar. In the mind of Mary Parent, this is the way to save MGM — by delivering a RoboCop remake in 3D.

This of course does not sit well with director Darren Aronofsky, according to a Moviehole report. They received a tip from a RoboCop fanatic who stated that he’s spoken with Pheonix Pictures about the status of the remake, to which Aronofsky has been attached for a while. According to Phoenix Pics, the problem is Mary Parent’s insistence that the Requiem director take Detroit’s finest hybrid cop into the third dimension. But as we’re being told, Aronofsky doesn’t want 3D, he’s not interested in gimmicks. He wants a raw, aggressive and real story about a cop who is badly injured, then becomes a half-robot crime fighting machine.

This is all hearsay, of course. A guy who knows a guy asked a loaded question of someone he knew would give him a controversial answer. And none of this news is supported by quotes from either Mary Parent or Darren Aronofsky (we’re working on it). So for now, all we have is a rumor and an obvious joke — James Cameron ruined the RoboCop reboot.

Put that in your proverbial pipe and smoke it.


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  • Aleric

    Screw 3D, make a good movie and don't rely on visual gimmicks to try and make it a success……like Avatar.

  • Mr. Lime

    i want an Aronofsky RoboCop so bad and if 3D ruins it, I will buy two copies of Avatar. One I will burn and make a video documenting the proceedings and the other I will keep…… because I really enjoyed the movie.

    All in all 3D really sucks and so does the prospect of Hollywood making all these movies in 3D. Film as art may be moving the way of the buffalo and thats the saddest thing I have ever typed. Just a cryin shame

  • http://www.sleepy5orchestra.com mychaleg

    “Murphy, what do you think the studio should do with the idea of your next movie being in 3D?”

    “Drop it!”

  • Zerosum0101

    Am I the only one who really hates 3D? Don't get me wrong Avatar was cool and all but I really don't want to see 3D movies on a regular basis.

  • http://www.sypher-design.co.uk/ Dave Robinson

    “Aronofsky doesn’t want 3D, he’s not interested in gimmick”
    Then he says
    “real story about a cop who is badly injured, then becomes a half-robot crime fighting machine.”
    just had to laugh at that.

  • TVN

    The 3D thing should be optional, not mandatory.

  • Cole_Abaius

    It might actually help MGM to:

    1) Get sold.
    2) Tell a good story through good actors, using good writers and a good director instead of:
    2a) Remaking nostalgia-glossed flicks from the 80s.
    2b) Relying on gimmicks.
    2c) Like the gimmick of list-making.
    3) Have a bake sale.

  • http://www.widescreenwonderland.com/ Bill Rusnak

    I'm going to stick with hoping this is all a bunch of malarky.

    Since when is ROBOCOP known to be glossy or gimmicky? In my mind a reboot would have to stick with the original roots in that it remain a gritty, noir, urban, action film. The CG doesn't even need any major overhaul. If they could do it in the 80's, then Aronofsky can certainly do it now.

  • NoNameNoSlogan

    Stop with the fucking remakes already…..the original Robocop is good, try something new!

  • Aleric

    And keep the R rating or dont do it at all.

  • http://www.twitter.com/rejects Neil Miller

    Bake Sale!

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