Currently Browsing: "Robocop"

We may have taken for granted that Darren Aronofsky was going to end up being the director for Robocop. It’s likely that he’ll still do it, but a new scheduling problem may make it that much harder to pull off.

It’s possible that you’ve seen this around the web, as a number of our friends and neighbors in the movie blogosphere have also picked it up. But just in case you missed it, I would like to share with you something very cool.

There is something to be learned by looking at the current situation of director Darren Aronofsky and so many other filmmakers before him: if you make a critical hit such as The Wrestler, all of those ‘passion projects’ that have been collecting dust in studio offices in Hollywood seem to ‘magically’ gather steam.

Whether or not you live here in Central Texas is irrelevant, because I think we can all agree that you should be hitting up the Mondo Tees website and checking out the new line of “Badass Cinema” shirts designed by Mark Todd.

It is Tuesday and that means we are all in DVD purchasing mode, does it not? And thankfully the folks at Amazon have decided to bring out a few of their best promos just for the DVDholics among us.

In need of a little Superbowl counter programming? How about Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 sci-fi classic Robocop? That might help you get over the fact that you are none to interested in that football game.

With the heavy acclaimed garnered by his film The Wrestler, starring Mickey Rourke, at this past week’s Toronto Film Festival, it seems as if everyone was vying for a chance to talk to director Darren Aronofsky about some of his upcoming projects.

I just picked some of my favorites from films like Back to The Future, Shaun of The Dead, Robocop, Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind, Jaws, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining and Being John Malkovich.

We’ve brought back Rambo and Rocky, isn’t it time we bring back the quickest Gerber baby food shooting cop in the West?

This may not all be brand new, but it is interesting. How do you feel about Darren Aronofsky directing a reboot of RoboCop? Yeah, we feel weird, too.

Thanks to an awesome set of photos from a random internet dude named ‘Ray’ and his trip to the 2008 Licensing Expo, we have a little hard evidence of this mysterious RoboCop remake.

Add a few more classics to the giant remake bonfire.

MGM brings on a new chairperson and dished about a few interesting upcoming projects.