What's Up with the Robocop Reboot?

Studio talks status of Darren Aronofsky's redux.

It was last summer that we first heard about The Wrestler director Darren Aronofsky's interest in remaking the classic cyborg flick Robocop. But since that time, little else has been said about the project. Now, studio MGM has given an update on the reboot -- and they say it is still on track to protect and serve.

io9 got in touch with MGM the other day and a studio spokesman revealed that while the film is happening, the previous 2010 release date is no longer accurate.

"The rep said that the studio had told distributors at an event a couple weeks ago to expect the movie in 2011," reports the site. "He said director Darren Aronofsky ... and screenwriter David Self (Road to Perdition) were still working on the script, and that no casting had been completed."

Additionally, the new Dynamite Comics Robocop title that was just announced (and which spurred io9 to look into the movie in the first place) will have nothing to do with the film. Big surprise there.

This isn't the first time Aronofsky has been involved in a genre project that was delayed -- and seemingly in danger of stalling (remember, Batman fans?), so one has to wonder whether or not Robocop will ever actually happen. Still, if you've got to remake that movie, there could be no one better than Aronofsky to do it.