Anticipation for the RoboCop remake has been hit or miss since the project was announced, which made the Sony/Screen Gems panel at San Diego Comic-Con today the first big chance the filmmakers had to get everyone on their side. On hand to talk about the film were director Jose Padilha, and actors Joel Kinnaman (The Killing), Abbie Cornish (Sucker Punch), Michael Keaton, and fan favorite Samuel L. Jackson.
The panel started with a solid 5-minute clip showing Samuel L Jackson as a TV host, sending out a broadcast showing some ED-209's in action in the Middle East, while Michael Keaton's character tries to convince members of the government that robots can be used as police instead of humans.
Director Jose Padilha explained that he wasn't going to attempt to do the same movie that came out in 1987, but wanted to take elements and put them in a modern context where combat drones are a very real thing [...]
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