First Trailer for RoboCop Remake Now Online

FINALLY!  Columbia Pictures and MGM have finally released the first trailer for their RoboCop remake.  

In the film, the year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Their drones are winning American wars around the globe and now they want to bring this technology to the home front. Alex Murphy (Kinnaman) is a loving husband, father and good cop doing his best to stem the tide of crime and corruption in Detroit. After he is critically injured in the line of duty, OmniCorp utilizes their remarkable science of robotics to save Alex's life. He returns to the streets of his beloved city with amazing new abilities, but with issues a regular man has never had to face before.

I'm a huge fan of the 1987 original starring Peter Weller, along with its sequel.  The third one...not so much.  I've been looking forward to seeing some footage from the new remake and I gotta say, this trailer does not disappoint.  I'm actually really looking forward to the film now.  You can check out the trailer embedded below.

The film stars Joel Kinnaman, Abbie Cornish, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson, Jackie Earle Haley, Michael K. Williams, Jay Baruchel, Jennifer Ehle, and Marianne Jean-Baptiste.  It hits theaters February 7th, 2014.

Leave your thoughts about the trailer in the comments below.

Stay nerdy my friends.

Source:  Comingsoon.net

RUMOR: Harrison Ford in Talks for Blade Runner Sequel

Last March, it was announced that Alcon Entertainment had acquired the rights to make prequels and sequels to 1982's Blade Runner.  Then this past August brought news that original director Ridley Scott had signed on to direct whatever the next film would be.

Speculation began on whether or not original star Harrison Ford would be involved.  Now, Twitch Film is reporting that Ford is currently in early talks about the new film.

However, Twitch was quick to point out that the talks are still in "very early stages".  It is quite possible that things may not work out, as previous statements have alluded to the fact that Scott would be the only Blade Runner alum returning.

Producer Andrew Kosove made that clear in an August interview which appeared in the LA Times:

"In no way do I speak for Ridley Scott but if you’re asking me will this movie have anything to do with Harrison Ford, the answer is no. This is a total reinvention and in my mind that means doing everything fresh, including casting."

Since the announcement last March, many have been wondering what a new Blade Runner film would be: a sequel, prequel or reboot.  If Ford were to sign on, the film would most definitely be a sequel; unless of course it would be as a cameo, which I personally don't think Ford would do.

What do you think?  Would you be more willing to see a Blade Runner follow-up if it involved Ford?  Let me know what you think in the comments below.

Via: Geeks of Doom

Ugh...The Three Stooges Trailer Debuts

If you couldn't tell by the headline, I'm not a real huge supporter of this film.  Too me, The Three Stooges were an ensemble group and not necessarily "characters" that could be recast.  Yea yea, I know, Curly replaced Shemp, who then replaced Curly, and was then replaced by Joe Besser and "Curly" Joe DeRita, but at least they were their own characterizations.  They were stand alone performers that added something new to the Stooges.  It wasn't like they were brought in to be the "new Darrin" or anything.

It's like getting four guys together and saying, "this is Paul, John, George and Ringo...they're the new Beetles."

But I digress...

The first trailer for the Farrelly Brothers' The Three Stooges film has arrived on iTunes Movie Trailers.  The film is said to be inspired by original Stooge shorts, breaking the story into three separate vignettes, following the boys from newborns left at an orphanage into adulthood.  The movie stars Sean Hayes, Chris Diamantopoulos and Will Sasso as Larry, Moe and Curly respectively, with a Jane Lynch, Larry David, Stephen Collins, Sofia Vergara and Jennifer Hudson in supporting roles.

The trailer looks to keep the slap-stick spirit of original Stooge shorts, which is nice, but to me there will only be one Moe, Larry and Curly.

What do you think of the trailer?  Do you think this is something that should have been made?  Let me know what you think in the comments below.

Source: ComingSoon.net

Remake Alert: Starship Troopers

Get ready for Federal Service citizens.  The bugs are coming back.

Vulture is reporting that Sony producer Neal Moritz has decided that Rico's Roughnecks are ready to saddle back up and kill a whole lotta bugs.  Script duties have been assigned to screenwriters Ashley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz, who most recently wrote Thor and X-Men: First Class, as well as episodes of TV shows Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Fringe.


The 1997 original starred Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards and Neil Patrick Harris and told the story of a war between Earth and a race of giant killer bugs.


I actually don't mind this remake/reboot as much as some of the other crap that Hollywood has been belching up lately.  I file the original cult classic under the "so-bad-its-good" category, so I'll look forward to this one.  Just hope that NPH makes an appearance.


Stay nerdy my friends.


Source: Vulture