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Gary Oldman is Exactly What the ‘Robocop’ Remake Needs
24 May 2012 6:00 AM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
If you think about it, the Robocop remake actually has a lot going for it. Other than the baggage of being a remake. Director Jose Padilha has a successful action franchise in Elite Squad under his belt; co-writer James Vanderbilt wrote The Rundown, Zodiac and The Losers. co-writer Nick Schenk wrote Gran Torino; star Joel Kinnaman was fantastic in Snabba Cash/Easy Money and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. It’s got some great names involved. Rising talent. But, you know, who needs a remake of Robocop? According to The Hollywood Reporter, an actor just made it even more interesting. Gary Oldman is joining the movie as the scientist who wrestles with his own sense of ethics when he finds himself in the middle of a big corporation’s needs and a former human’s humanity. There’s no denying the gravitas and intensity that Oldman brings to the project. It »
- Cole Abaius
Gary Oldman joins Robocop Remake
23 May 2012 4:21 PM, PDT | DailyDead | See recent DailyDead news »
Adding acting chops plus star power to the upcoming remake of Robocop, it is being reported that Gary Oldman has joined the cast. According to THR, “Oldman will play Norton, the scientist who creates Robocop and finds himself torn between the ideals of the machine trying to rediscover its humanity and the callous needs of a corporation.”
Joel Kinnaman (The Killing) has already been cast in the lead role, with Jose Padilha (Elite Squad) directing a script from Nick Schenk (Gran Torino). The casting process is still underway, but a release date has already been set for August 9th, 2013. While we won’t have a good idea of what to expect until we see the new Robocop design, here is what Joel Kinnaman had to say about the project during a recent interview:
“There’s a lot of neuroscience now raising the question, ‘Is all the intelligence in the human body in the brain? »
- Jonathan James
Tom Cruise attached to star in MGM’s remake of The Magnificent Seven
22 May 2012 4:35 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
With two films wrapped (one of which due out next month), another currently filming, and a slew of projects in the pipeline, Tom Cruise is more prolific and sought-after than ever.
Adding to the list of films in the works, Variety report that Cruise is attached to star in MGM’s remake of John Sturges’ 1960 classic western, The Magnificent Seven.
MGM are in the midst of developing a handful of projects from their back catalogue, including the upcoming RoboCop and Carrie remakes, as well as Poltergeist, with Sam Raimi producing; WarGames, with Seth Gordon directing; Death Wish, with Joe Carnahan directing; Valley Girl; and Red Dawn, which is due out at the end of the year.
And of course, we can’t forget that this is the studio bringing us Skyfall at the end of the year, whose first teaser trailer landed yesterday morning.
It’s still early days on »
- Kenji Lloyd
HBO Developing ‘Royal’ Comedy Project From Nick Schenk And Peter Tolan
12 April 2012 11:45 AM, PDT | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Exclusive: HBO has put in development Royal, a comedy project from Gran Torino writer Nick Schenk and Rescue Me co-creator Peter Tolan. Created and written by Schenk, Royal centers on a working-class, old-school, politically incorrect, tell-it-as-it-is biker who is forced back into ‘the real world’ to take guardianship over his nieces and nephew, executing a highly unorthodox parenting style – and inhabits a place he doesn’t want to be where everyone’s soft and overly PC. Sony Pictures TV, where Tolan is under an overall deal, is producing, along with Tolan’s Fedora Entertainment and Television 360. Schenk, Fedora’s Tolan and Michael Wimer and Television 360′s Guymon Casady and Brandon Brito are executive producing. This marks Tolan’s return to HBO where he served as an executive producer on The Larry Sanders Show, winning a writing Emmy for his work on the cult series. Schenk and Tolan are with CAA. »
- NELLIE ANDREEVA
Robert Downey Jr/The Judge, Annette Bening/The Look Of Love
5 April 2012 6:51 PM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Robert Downey Jr, Iron Man 2 The Judge is set to star Robert Downey Jr, who will also produce the film alongside Susan Downey and director David Dobkin. Based on a story (or rather, original screenplay) by Gran Torino's Nick Schenk, The Judge follows a lawyer who learns that his estranged father, a judge suffering from Alzheimer’s, may have committed a murder. Bill Dubuque is to work on the screenplay. When exactly The Judge should start filming (if ever?) remains unclear. Downey Jr has Iron Man 3 and Dubuque will next work on The Headhunter's Calling and The Accountant. Dobkin, for his part, has his Arthur & Lancelot to work on. In other news, Amy Brenneman and Jess Weixler have joined Annette Bening, Robin Williams, and Ed Harris in The Look of Love. In the film, which seems to have elements found in movies as disparate as Alfred Hitchcock »
- Anna Robinson
Robert Downey Jr. To Star in The Judge
5 April 2012 9:30 AM, PDT | GeekTyrant | See recent GeekTyrant news »
Warner Bros. is currently developing a new dramedy for Robert Downey Jr. to star in called The Judge. The studio just brought on Bill Dubuque to write a new draft of the script for director David Dobkin (The Change Up, Wedding Crashers). In case you were wondering, the original script was first written by Nick Schenk (Gran Torino).
Deadline says that the drama centers on "a big-city lawyer who returns home after the death of his mother to learn that his estranged father, a judge, is suspected of murder. He sets out to discover the truth and along the way reconnects with the family he walked away from years before."
Downey Jr. is not only going to star in the film, but he'll be producing it alongside his wife, Susan Downey. The next film we'll see Downey Jr. in is The highly anticipated superhero film The Avengers, the next movie »
- Venkman
Robert Downey Jr. & David Dobkin’s The Judge Hires Gran Torino Scribe Nick Schenk
5 April 2012 8:17 AM, PDT | FusedFilm | See recent FusedFilm news »
It looks like David Dobkin’s The Judge, the new Robert Downey Jr. starring vehicle, has finally locked down a writer. According to Deadline, Bill Dubuque will write the new a new draft of the dramedy movie, which centers on a big-city lawyer who returns home after the death of his mother to learn that his estranged father, a judge, is suspected of murder. He sets out to discover the truth and along the way reconnects with the family he walked away from years before.
Sure the premise sounds like a made for TV movie, but it sounds like a great grounded role for Downey Jr. who’s experiencing one of the strongest comebacks in his career. Plus it’s nice break from all the big budget films he is probably used to now.
Gran Torino scribe Nick Schenk penned the original script. But the project couldn’t have come »
- Mike Lee
Robert Downey Jr. Is Getting His 'Judge' On
5 April 2012 7:30 AM, PDT | NextMovie | See recent NextMovie news »
Robert Downey Jr. just added another project to his to-do pile, and it doesn't require any fancy gadgets, period costumes, or special effects. Rdj is attached to star in and produce "The Judge," a little dramedy about family.
This isn't your typical big city son comes home and makes good type of deal, though; when Downey Jr.'s character goes home after his mother passes away, he finds out that his dad, the eponymous judge, is suspected of knocking her off. But there's a problem — he's got Alzheimer's.
While most family relationships are equal parts comedy and drama, if you're lucky, it will be interesting to see which side "The Judge" leans on. It sounds like it's got the potential for some tear jerking, but it's being directed by David Dobkin, who brought us "The Change-Up" and "Fred Claus."
On the other hand, the script has been through so many »
- Jenni Miller
Robert Downey Jr.'s The Judge Gets Writer Bill Dubuque
4 April 2012 11:25 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Writer Bill Dubuque has inked a deal with Warner Bros. and Robert Downey Jr. to re-write their upcoming dramedy, The Judge. The script was first written by Nick Schenk.
The film follows a big-city lawyer who returns home after the death of his mother to learn that his estranged father, a judge, is suspected of murder. He sets out to discover the truth and along the way reconnects with the family he walked away from years before.
David Dobkin is directing the project, with Susan Downey producing alongside her husband.
This project is still in development. »
- MovieWeb
Dubuque Pens Downey Jr's "Judge"
4 April 2012 9:26 PM, PDT | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Bill Dubuque has been hired to pen a new draft of dramedy "The Judge" which is being setup as a Robert Downey Jr. vehicle at Warner Bros. Pictures reports Deadline.
Downey would play a big-city lawyer who returns home after the death of his mother to learn that his estranged father, a judge, is suspected of murder.
He sets out to discover the truth and along the way reconnects with the family he walked away from years before.
David Dobkin helms from a script by Nick Schenk. Downey Jr. and Susan Downey are producing. »
- Garth Franklin
Robert Downey Jr. & Director David Dobkin Teaming for 'The Judge'
4 April 2012 8:18 PM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
In just under a month we'll be seeing Robert Downey Jr. delivering some vigilante justice as Iron Man in The Avengers, but a new project will have him dealing directly with the law instead. Deadline has word Warner Bros. is developing The Judge with the aforementioned actor producing through his Team Downey banner and David Dobkin directing. Bill Dubuque (an up and coming writer with projects like The Accountant and The Headhunter's Calling in development) is scripting the story about a big-city lawyer who returns home after the death of his mother to learn his estranged father, a judge, is suspected of murder. The film, with the first draft coming from Nick Schenk (Gran Torino), has a mix of comedy and drama as the lawyer sets out to discover the truth and along the way reconnects with the family he walked away from years before. However, with Dobkin's Arthur & Lancelot »
- Ethan Anderton
Robert Downey Jr. to Star in Davin Dobkin’s Dramedy The Judge; Bill Dubuque to Rewrite Script
4 April 2012 7:35 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
We last heard about The Judge a year ago when David Seidler, basking in the glow of his Oscar win for The King's Speech, signed on to rewrite the dramedy. David Dobkin (The Change-Up) is set to direct and produce alongside Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey. In a report on Bill Dubuque coming in to do another rewrite, Deadline mentions that The Judge is now planned as a starring vehicle for Downey. The story, originally scripted by Nick Schenk (Gran Torino), centers on an attorney who returns home for his mother’s funeral. He learns that his estranged father, a judge who suffers from Alzheimer’s, is suspected of murder. Downey will film Iron Man 3 in a few weeks on the heels of the May 4 release of The Avengers. After that, there's a long list of projects the actor is attached to, including Tim Burton's Pinocchio, Paul Thomas Anderson's Inherent Vice, »
- Brendan Bettinger
Robert Downey Jr. and David Dobkin Find Writer For ‘The Judge’
4 April 2012 7:26 PM, PDT | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
As far as I can tell, David Dobkin (Wedding Crashers, The Change-Up) has always been attached to direct The Judge for Warner Bros. Everything else about the project, however, appears to be changing and transforming on a queasily consistent basis. A little more than a week ago, Variety announced that David Seidler, the Oscar-winning scribe of The King’s Speech, was brought on to rewrite an original draft of the story that was penned by Nick Schenk (Gran Torino). The same report also unveiled the news that Team Downey, the Warner label founded by Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey, had been tapped to produce the film.
Well, it turns out that only half of that was true. Team Downey is still aboard The Judge, and Robert Downey Jr. himself is hoping to star in the film. The latest news on the writing side of things, though, points firmly away »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
Robert Downey Jr. & David Dobkin Looking To Get In Front Of 'The Judge'
4 April 2012 6:47 PM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Robert Downey Jr. and David Dobkin are two faves down on the Warner Bros. lot. Of course, the former is the man who has turned "Sherlock Holmes" into a mega franchise and the latter had a huge hit for their New Line arm with "Wedding Crashers," also had a hit with "Fred Claus" and after a rough patch, is still developing "Arthur & Lancelot" under their roof. So why not pair those two together?
Well, the idea isn't new. "The Judge" is a project that has been in the works for a while now, with Rdj producing and the last we heard was from Variety nearly a year ago, when WB tapped "The King's Speech" writer David Seidler after his Oscar win to pen the script that was first drafted by Nick Schenk. Not much was heard since. But this evening Deadline reports that Rdj has moved from producer to eyeing a starring role, »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Warner Bros ‘The Judge’ Collars Scribe Bill Dubuque To Script Robert Downey Jr-Starrer
4 April 2012 4:35 PM, PDT | Deadline New York | See recent Deadline New York news »
Exclusive: Warner Bros and Team Downey have set Bill Dubuque to write a new draft of The Judge, a dramedy that’s planned as a star vehicle for Robert Downey Jr., with David Dobkin directing. The drama centers on a big-city lawyer who returns home after the death of his mother to learn that his estranged father, a judge, is suspected of murder. He sets out to discover the truth and along the way reconnects with the family he walked away from years before. Downey Jr. and Susan Downey are producing with Dobkin. The script was written first by Nick Schenk. Dubuque takes the job after scripting The Headhunter’s Calling, a drama about a corporate headhunter who struggles to juggle his work and family life, and The Accountant, an action/thriller which was on the 2011 Blacklist. Bill is represented by Paradigm and Zero Gravity Management. Downey has The Avengers »
- MIKE FLEMING
Third Writer to Tackle Robocop Remake; Joel Kinnaman Wants R Rating
3 April 2012 2:15 PM, PDT | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »
Now that Sony and MGM have a director (Jose Padilha, Elite Squad) and a lead actor (Joel Kinnaman, The Killing) ready to work on their upcoming remake of Robocop, the studios are making further changes to the script, now in the hands of its third screenwriter.
The original script was written by Josh Zetumer, who was hired at the same time as Padilha last March. Gran Torino scribe Nick Schenk, who is collaborating with Padilha on another project, was hired to do rewrites in January, but apparently it wasn't enough. Variety reports that Sony has brought in writer James Vanderbilt to do a "polish" on the script. Sony is very high on Vanderbilt after his work on The Amazing Spider-Man and reportedly outbid other studios for Vanderbilt's "Die Hard meets Air Force One" spec script White House Down.
What changes Vanderbilt will make are unknown, though fans can already expect »
- Ryan Gowland
Joel Kinnaman talks Robocop Remake
26 March 2012 4:36 PM, PDT | DailyDead | See recent DailyDead news »
Want to know more about the upcoming remake of Robocop? During a recent interview, star Joel Kinnaman talks about what to expect:
Via MTV: “There’s a lot of neuroscience now raising the question, ‘Is all the intelligence in the human body in the brain?’ and they’re finding out that, no, it’s not like that… The body has intelligence itself, and we’re much more of an organic creature in that way. It’s not a control tower that does everything.”
” ‘RoboCop’ is going to be a lot more human… The first movie is one of my favorite movies. I love it. Of course, Verhoeven has that very special tone, and it’s not going to have that tone. It’s a re-imagination of it. There’s a lot of stuff from the original. There are some details and throwbacks, but this version is a much better acting piece, »
- Jonathan James
Sony Pictures Unveils Schedule for Jose Padilha’s Robocop and Cloudy 2: Revenge Of The Leftovers
10 March 2012 2:09 PM, PST | FusedFilm | See recent FusedFilm news »
Sony Pictures has updated the release dates for their upcoming films Robocop and Cloudy 2: Revenge of the Leftovers.
Here’s what Collider found out.
• Robocop – Directed by Jose Padilha and starring Joel Kinnaman, the reboot of the 1987 sci-fi classic will release August 9th, 2013.
• Cloudy 2: Revenge of the Leftovers – The sequel to Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is due out December 20th, 2013.
For those who are not familiar with the futuristic cop, Robocop tells the story of a decorated Detroit policeman killed on the line of duty. He is revived as a half human half robot supercop. The RoboCop is indestructible, and within a matter of weeks he has removed crime from the streets of Detroit. However, his human side is tortured by his past, and he wants revenge on the thugs who killed him.
Just last week we confirmed that Joel Kinnaman signed to play as the titular character, »
- Mike Lee
New Release Dates for Robocop and Cloudy 2: Revenge Of The Leftovers
9 March 2012 5:13 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
We've got some new release dates to share with you today. Here they are at a glance: Robocop - Directed by Jose Padilha and starring Joel Kinnaman, the reboot of the 1987 sci-fi classic will release August 9th, 2013. Cloudy 2: Revenge of the Leftovers - The sequel to Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is due out December 20th, 2013. Hit the jump for more on each project. For fans of the original Robocop, you can skip the following synopsis. Newcomers to the material might want to read the summary for the first Robocop film if the title doesn't explain its premise clearly enough: Paul Verhoeven's American breakthrough film, Robocop, is an exceedingly violent blend of black comedy, science fiction, and crime thriller. Set in Detroit sometime in the near future, the film is about a policeman (Peter Weller) killed in the line of duty whom the department decides to resurrect as a half-human, »
- Dave Trumbore
Release Date Announced for Robocop Remake
9 March 2012 4:28 PM, PST | DailyDead | See recent DailyDead news »
With a director and lead actor now locked in, Sony has announced an official 2013 release date for the remake of Robocop. Last week, it was revealed that Joel Kinnaman had officially signed on for the lead role. With that taken care of, Sony was confident in setting a release date of August 9th, 2013.
At this time there are no other films opening on that weekend. Of course, that will change, but no other studios have laid claim to that weekend for a big opening.
Elite Squad director Jose Padilha joined the project last year and Gran Torino writer Nick Schenk was brought on board this February to work on the script. If you want to get an idea for what vision Padilha has for the film, here’s a quote from last year talking about the direction he wanted to take:
“ ‘RoboCop’ is a brilliant premise because the character is not a super-hero… »
- Jonathan James
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