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RoboCop<\/em> screenwriter\u00a0Ed Neumeier revealed that\u00a0he is working with MGM to develop a prequel to the Paul\u00a0Verhoeven 1987 science-fiction classic. The project will focus on the rise of Omni Consumer Products and the company’s Vice President, Dick Jones, the villain of the original film.<\/p>\n

Three years before transporting audiences to Mars in the science fiction film Total Recall<\/em><\/a>, director Paul\u00a0Verhoeven took them to a dystopian future in which a crime-ridden Detroit is on verge of economic collapse in RoboCop<\/em>. The film centered on police officer Alex Murphy’s struggle to reassert his humanity after being brutally murdered by a gang of criminals and brought back to life as a cyborg law enforcer called RoboCop under a program run by\u00a0Omni Consumer Products. The central villain of the film was Dick Jones, the Senior Vice President of\u00a0Omni Consumer Products, who preferred his own\u00a0Enforcement Droid Series 209 project over the cyborg program and employed\u00a0crime boss Clarence Boddicker to eliminate any competition.<\/p>\n

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Released in 1987, RoboCop<\/em> was praised for its satirical exploration of themes such a media influence, gentrification,\u00a0privatization, and human nature. During an interview with Moviehole, Neumeier discussed the potential for a RoboCop<\/em> prequel to further explore those concepts, saying, “there\u2019s the idea of doing things about business and law enforcement in the city of Detroit a minute-and-a-half in the future, it would be a way to do all sorts of stories about business and tech, Silicon Valley, corporations, snakes in suits, cops, all that. It\u2019s a wonderfully rich tapestry.” While Dick Jones was a ruthless villain in the original RoboCop<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0Neumeier indicated the prequel series will\u00a0introduce viewers to the character before his descent into\u00a0amorality.\u00a0“It\u2019s fun to work with a younger version of the Dick Jones we meet in RoboCop<\/em>. He\u2019s an actualized corporate predator [in the move] but nobody necessarily starts out being the bad guy. So it\u2019s going to be about the evolution of Richard Jones to Dick Jones, the story of OCP and how the world moves into the future, how the corporate world behaves,”\u00a0Neumeier explained.<\/p>\n

While\u00a0Neumeier stated that he is working on the project with writers Dave Parkin and Rob Gibb, he also noted that MGM has not given the series the official greenlight at this time. “With any luck, if MGM is willing, if we can find the partners, if we can get this pilot made, if we can convince a bunch of people \u2013 it\u2019s amazing how many people you have to convince \u2013 if that all works out maybe we\u2019ll get a TV show up,” he said of the prequel series’ prospects. Should the project move forward, Neumeier expressed his confidence in the writers’ ability to create a compelling story for Jones even without Ronny Cox, who portrayed the character in the original film<\/a>, saying, “he\u2019s great, and to actually know where you\u2019re going with this, to know that\u2019s who he becomes is fun for the writers to work with. They\u2019ve come up with a whole back story I never did.”<\/p>\n

Neumeier is also producing a feature film sequel to\u00a0the original film titled RoboCop Returns<\/em><\/a>. The sequel was originally going to be helmed by District 9<\/em> director\u00a0Neill Blomkamp, but the filmmaker announced he was off the project un August 2019 and was replaced by Abe Forsythe months later.<\/p>\n

Of course, the RoboCop<\/em> sequels and the 2014 reboot starring\u00a0Joel Kinnaman\u00a0are not nearly as beloved as the original film. So, it would be understandable if audiences aren’t enthusiastic about a prequel without the central character of the franchise<\/a>.<\/p>\n

RoboCop<\/em> is now available on Amazon Prime Video.<\/p>\n

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Source:\u00a0Movieholen.net<\/a><\/p>\n\n

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