Harry here... Having Paul Verhoeven and Ed Neumeier working together on a new ROBOCOP with Peter Weller would just be surreal as all hell. Personally, I don't know what I think about this, there's the part of me that wants it left alone, but the otherside that would love to see him tackle it. It'll never happen, but tis fun to contemplate...
Movieheadlines.net "Accoring to an interview with DVD Monthly Magazine UK, Paul Verhoven is said to be interested in doing a new Robocop movie with Peter Weller reprising the role as Detroits favourite cop.
Interview with Paul Verhoeven:
interviewer: Did you know that Robocop fans are getting an internet petition together demanding that the film either be remade or reprised, but only with your direct envolvement?
Paul Verhoeven: (totally suprised) No.
interviewer: would you be interested?
Paul Verhoeven: Let me tell you something. About four weeks ago I was having lunch with Ed Neumeier, writer of Robocop and Starship troopers, and during our conversation we got into Robocop again and we both felt that it would be interesting to do something again, especially that we are now 15 years later nearly in time and a lot of things have happened to the American economy, the American military, politics and whatever, and I think you could do another fruition, but I would not redo the first one, I would probably do a sequel, the first real sequel. Both of us thought it would be very interesting, so I think if the internet petition were to go to MGM studio that might help.
Interviewer: Well as an extra incentive Paul, we asked Peter Weller if he'd be up for it and he imediately said yes..
Paul Verhoeven: (enthusiastically) Oh, really, he did? Well, yes,I think it should be Peter Weller, but he would have to be resurrected, like he was asleep for so many years and they didn't use him anymore and now in this time of terrorism or whatever they would say ok, he can be resurrected again. he would be laying like a mummy in a warehouse basically and.. something like that. I think if you were to do it now you would have to reflect the world we live in now. I would start from scratch and find an inovative story that would satisfy all the people that are basically longing, like me, for a good sequel (chuckles).
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