RoboCop Reboot

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   Okay action movie fans for this installment of “When You Say Action” let’s talk about the upcoming reboot of “RoboCop.”
   For those fans unfamiliar with this classic action series, let’s take a jump back in time to the very first “RoboCop” movie. The first movie came out on July 17, 1987 and its success sparked a franchise, including merchandise, two sequels, a television series, two animated TV series, a television mini-series, video games, a number of comic book adaptations and crossovers.
   “Robocop” is about a policeman in the near future working in a crime ridden Detroit. The main character, Alex Murphy, is portrayed by Peter Weller (“24”). After being gunned down and left for dead Murphy is brought back to life in a cybernetic shell. He is dubbed RoboCop by OCP (Omni Consumer Products) and has no memory of his past. After several successful tests RoboCop is ready to clean up the streets of crime but soon he starts remembering that he was Alex Murphy. Murphy must track down those who killed him and bring them to justice.
   Now since 2000 when the television miniseries “RoboCop Prime Detectives” (which are on Netflix by the way along with all three movies) was released it was the last time we heard from Robo. MGM and Sony have announced that they are working on a reboot of the franchise for 2014 with director José Padilha (“Elite Squad”).
   Taking on the role Alex Murphy, aka RoboCop, will be Joel Kinnaman. Fans may remember Kinnaman from the hit AMC (America Movie Classics) TV show “The Killing” as Detective Holder. To be honest, this is an interesting choice for Robo. Kinnaman doesn’t really scream action star to this blogger but I’m not saying he’s not a great actor. In the past we’ve seen Kinnaman in more serious roles from “The Darkest Hour” to “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.” Kinnaman is going to have big shoes, or in this case robotic cyborg shoes, to fill for this film to match up to the first one.
   With Kinnaman as the lead star, this film also has other big name stars to help make it a box office success. Other stars include Samuel L. Jackson, (“The Avengers”), Gary Oldman (“The Darknight Rises”) and even Abbie Cornish (“Sucker Punch”). Hugh Laurie (“House”) was originally cast in mid-June 2012 for the part of the CEO of OCP but according to imdb.com he dropped the project in August 2012. MGM and Sony quickly replaced him however with Michael Keaton (“Batman”) filling the role.
   While looking through the cast list on imdb.com however no is one set to play RoboCop’s partner Officer Anne Lewis. Nancy Allen who was in the original 1976 version of the movie “Carrie” portrayed Lewis in the earlier films. So far nothing has been released yet if Robo will have a new partner or no partner at all for the film.
   There have been a few stories online and videos YouTube being released that takes us inside this upcoming remake. Apparently Robo is getting an all new look for this film. Instead of the silver robotic armor and helmet we are used to seeing him this film will present Robo in a black robotic armor.

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   Kinnaman gives fans some insight to this look as well in an MTV (Music Television Interview). “There’s not going to be any twitchy robot [he mimics very mechanical robotic moves]. Our vision of how a robot is going to be in 2046, it’s going to be a very human skin, it’s gonna look very human. I’m going to be able to put my signature on the body language, too….from an acting standpoint, walking around just moving your jaw, it’s not so interesting. So this is going to be an opportunity to really bring a full performance to it” said Kinnaman.
   The videos on YouTube also give us a look at Robo new ride. In the previous films he always drove a Ford Tarus police car but now Robo will be driving a black police crotch rocket.
  Fans are excited and skeptical as well for this upcoming remake is set to be released to the box office on February 7, 2014.

The Inside Look for RoboCop 2014
 


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