RoboCop: Looking Ahead to Its Planned “Direct Sequel”

Writer Ed Neumeier’s working on a “direct sequel” to RoboCop.

So what can we expect?

We now have word that MGM is currentlyworking on a newRoboCopmovie and not just any RoboCop movie.

Were not supposed to say too much, RoboCop co-creator Ed Neumeier toldZeitgeist Magazinelast year.

So its a continuation really of the first movie.

So its a little bit more of the old school thing.

That Neumeier, the co-writer of the original, is involved is an attractive enough prospect all by itself.

Nevertheless, it remains to be seen what form MGMsRoboCopsequel might take.

First, the setting.

If the originalRoboCopcontained distinct traces ofJudge Dredd,thenThe Corporate Warsmakes its debt plain.

Selling Smudge is punishable by death, Robo tells a drug dealer at one point).

NeitherThe Corporate Wars,nor KershnersRoboCop 2managed to find such a universal, appealing story to tell.