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So Nutty It Just Might Work
Posted 29 July, 2008 in Film |
The director Darren Aronofsky will develop a new installment of “RoboCop,” Reuters reported. He is teaming with the writer David Self to bring the crime-fighting half-human, half-machine back to life.
I seem to remember Aronofsky’s name bandied about to helm a new Batman movie before Christopher Nolan took over the franchise, so it would appear that he’s got an affinity for dark, futuristic fanboy-type stuff. Now if only he could find a way to insert a subplot in which RoboCop’s mother becomes addicted to diet pills …