MGM Planning New ROBOCOP & RED DAWN?

By: Jarrod Sarafin
Date: Monday, May 19, 2008
Source: Hollywood Reporter

One of the bits that came out of Cannes this weekend was a juicy one for fans of the original RoboCop films and teenage-directed-patriotism film Red Dawn. While the Hollywood Reporter doesn't give much specifics in the report, they say that MGM execs Harry Sloan and Mary Parent have indicated that we may be getting restarts of the robot franchise and a new version of the war film.

"Dawn" came out in 1984, directed by John Milius and starred Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson, Charlie Sheen, Darren Dalton and Jennifer Grey.

Not sure if the story will be changed (to suit the times) but here's what the original was about.

Plot Concept: "Red Dawn" envisions a mid-1980's America under siege from invading Russian and Cuban armies. Told at a boiling point of nuclear deterrence between the world's super powers, the threat focuses on a group of high school students who take refuge in the Rockies. First coping with survival and eventually fighting back guerrilla style, the students take the war to the invading armies in the hope that they can help turn the tide.  As only a few remain, they must decide how to reach America's safe zones and see if tomorrow will bring another Red Dawn.

"RoboCop" first hit theaters in 1987, directed by Paul Verhoeven and starred Peter Weller,  Nancy Allen,  Dan O'Herlihy,  Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith and Miguel Ferrer.  The film would go onward to gross 53.4 mil from a budget of only 13 mil and spawned 2 sequels, one television series and one mini-series ("RoboCop: Prime Directives") that hit the Sci-Fi network in 2001.