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Sony Pictures is bringing the RoboCop remake to comic-con this year, a good six months before it hits theaters on February 7th, 2014. I hit up a group interview prior to the film’s panel. Present were Director Jose Padilha and stars Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson, Joel Kinnaman and Abbie Cornish.

When asked about the film’s rating, Padilha said they were pretty much aiming for a PG-13. “We were shooting the movie to be seen by the broadest possible audience, which means PG-13. This whole idea about ‘RoboCop’ has to be “R” because the first one was amazingly violent… I never really bought into that. You know, ‘The Dark Knight’ was PG-13, so you can get away with a lot.”

Sam Jackson added, “It would be “R” for its time, not “R” now. Padilla agreed, “Yeah, maybe now it isn’t.”

While I love Mr. Jackson, I strongly disagree that the original would be PG-13 today, just think about the amount of gore in that thing. As for Mr. Padiha’s initial statement, I’m willing to give him the benefit of the doubt until I see the film.

http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3...he-new-robocop-will-most-definitely-be-pg-13/

 

[Toxi]

Robocop confirmed for Superhero-tier.

 

[Funky Papa]

Keep fucking that chicken, Sony.

 

[Dynamite Shikoku]

lol

 

[Ferrio]

Hey money saved!

 

[d0c_zaius]

Robocop confirmed for Superhero-tier.

bobocop: the remix

 

[Shadowof]

Boo this movie, I knew they were going to make this movie an abomination...

 

[Ripclawe]

hell no the original wouldn't be PG 13 now, this is damage control , screw this movie.

 

[Foffy]

I knew this film was going to be ass. Now it's going to be more ass.

 

[Carcetti]

Today I find out that Samuel Jackson hasn't actually seen Robocop.

 

[Dead]

LOL at the TDK excuse.

Same one employed by McG

 

[Slayer-33]

Is PG 13 is the new rated R yet?

 

[Cartman86]

Of course it is. If Watchmen and Prometheus had done better maybe it wouldn't have.

 

[Eighty Deuce]

Detroit is fucked

 

[CarpeDeezNutz]

The scene where ED 209 unloads on the dude in the meeting was bad enough on its own haha. Yeah, "PG-13".

 

[adj_noun]

We decided to skip your movie because you made a mistake.

Now it's time to correct that mistake.

 

[Marty Chinn]

 

[d0c_zaius]

We decided to skip your movie because you made a mistake.

Now it's time to correct that mistake.

perfect

cue grenade and knee-cap shots for everyone making these decisions. BITCHES LEAVE!

 

[IamMattFox]

 

[liquidtmd]

At this point Robocop is being reprogrammed and rebuilt by committee. Life imitating art.

There will be subsequent adjustments to Robocops budget:

 

[Toxi]

I found out what Robocop movie Jose Padilha and Samuel Jackson watched.

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

The Dark Knight? GTFO with using that movie as some bastion of hard PG-13 content.

 

[SmithnCo]

Robostop.

lol at Dark Knight.

 

[Ovid]

Fuck this shit movie.

 

[Sub_Level]

"Robocop is aiming for Total Recall levels of bad."

Except this reboot won't even have Bryan Cranston and Kate Beckinsale.

 

[Count Dookkake]

Fuck off.

 

[Box of Bunnies]

Hopefully they bring back the jetpack.

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

LOL at the TDK excuse.

Same one employed by McG

What's funny is that even in The Dark Knight there are annoying moments due to the PG13 rating. No screaming when you get your face cut or lit on fire in TDK universe. Not that the answer should have been go for an R rating, but that shit should have been done better.

 

[Skunkers]

Yep, I'm out.

Would have probably waited for Netflix/Prime anyway, but yeah. Unless the trailers and word of mouth are amazing (unlikely given all the studio intervention) I'm probably skipping this altogether.

 

[Rickard]

Meh. I'll watch it on TV some point in the next decade.

 

[Gr1mLock]

 

[Sojgat]

Forget this crap.

 

[RustyNails]

This news is old as fuck.

 

[Ovid]

At this point Robocop is being reprogrammed and rebuilt by committee. Life imitating art.

What is this from? Robocop 2?

 

[Batigol]

 

[liquidtmd]

What is this from? Robocop 2?

Yup

 

[charsace]

The movie has a big budget and the lead isn't a bankable star. Even with a bankable star it would be hard to make an R rated movie with a budget 100mill +.

 

[params7]

Screw this movie.

 

[Jarnet87]

And there goes the last 1% chance of me seeing it theaters.

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

This news is old as fuck.

Now it's official. The thing about that script that leaked, though, is that it was pretty violent at times. I'm going to say the final cut is toned down, because the way some things are done in the script were pretty violent and gruesome sounding.

 

[Vashetti]

The feel of the R-rating.

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

 

[Sean]

Saying that Robocop would be PG-13 today is absolute bullshit. That movie was a very hard R with lots of violence and plenty of F-bombs.

This movie sounds like a complete disaster.

 

[Cameron122]

Cameron isn't aiming to go to the theater.

 

[liquidtmd]

Now it's official. The thing about that script that leaked, though, is that it was super violent at times. I'm going to say the final cut is toned down, because the way some things are done in the script were pretty violent and gruesome sounding.

But don't worry kids, we'll released a super hardcore 'bitches please would you mind leaving' extended uncut edition later on DVD with two minutes of additional footage and a few more 'fucks' thrown in to show we're totally badass

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

The movie has a big budget and the lead isn't a bankable star. Even with a bankable star it would be hard to make an R rated movie with a budget 100mill +.

So don't make a movie that costs $100+ million. Nobody wants to see Samuel Jackson in a fucking Robocop remake, and I'm sure he got the biggest check out of everyone in the movie.

 

[BFA]

No thanks.

 

[triplestation]

This is embarrassing

 

[Anton668]

awesome, can save my money for something else then...

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

What the fuck is Sam Jackson talking? The original wouldn't be rated "R" now? That's crazy talk.