According to The Hollywood Reporter, cinematic visionary Darren Aronofsky has been chatting to MGM about possibly helming – wait for it – the “RoboCop” remake.

…. And suddenly our interest piques. Mine anyway.

If there’s one thing you can say about Aronofsky (“The Fountain”, “Requiem for a Dream”), it’s that all of his films are original and visually stunning. Considering “RoboCop” is as dated as my “Electric Dreams” calendar from 1985 – he’s a good match (so long as he doesn’t change the look of Robo too much).

I actually really enjoyed that “RoboCop” mini-series they did a couple of years back (“Prime Directives” I believe it was called?). That was good. It didn’t change a lot… but just enough to offer a fresh perspective on proceedings (the whole plot revolved around Murphy’s grown-up son realizing his father is the infamous RoboCop). Maybe they can do something like that- instead of straight-up remaking Verhoeven’s film? (One thing’s for sure, Rachel Weisz will most definitely be in the mix to play Lewis)

In addition, RoboCop Archive has a look at a flyer for the upcoming film. Check it out here