Robocop
You know that many, many people aren’t aware that Robocop is getting a reboot, so when this poster starts making its way into theaters, it’ll certainly raise some eyebrows. We got the first trailer for the film last week and it’s been pretty divisive amongst people because of the way it seems like it adheres to what came before almost too much but at times takes certain liberties away from what came before with some iconic and practically trademarked lines. How many people will be upset if the phrase “I’d buy that for a dollar!” doesn’t make it into it?
Anyway, the first theatrical poster has debuted and it’s a shiny looking one that definitely shows the progress in technology with how it can impact a reboot like this.
Directed by Jose Padilha and starring Joel Kinnaman, Samuel l. Jackson, Michael Keaton, Gary Oldman, Abbie Cornish, Jay Baruchel, and Jackie Earle Haley, the film is set for a February 7th, 2014 release.
Plot concept: In RoboCop, the year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Overseas, their drones have been used by the military for years – and it’s meant billions for OmniCorp’s bottom line. Now OmniCorp wants to bring their controversial technology to the home front, and they see a golden opportunity to do it. When Alex Murphy (Joel Kinnaman) – a loving husband, father and good cop doing his best to stem the tide of crime and corruption in Detroit – is critically injured in the line of duty, OmniCorp sees their chance for a part-man, part-robot police officer. OmniCorp envisions a RoboCop in every city and even more billions for their shareholders, but they never counted on one thing: there is still a man inside the machine pursuing justice.
