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Neill Blomkamp Says RoboCop Returns Will Use Same Suit as Original Film

July 1, 2019 | Posted by Jeremy Thomas
Robocop Returns Image Credit: MGM

Worry not, those concerned that the latest RoboCop reboot will make severe alterations to out hero’s look: Neill Blomkamp is here to assuage your fears. Blomkamp responded to a couple of fan questions about the film that he’s directing, giving a status on the film’s progress. While noting that the script is still in the writing stage, Blomkamp noted that the film will be like “watching [original director] Verhoeven do a follow up film,” and promised that the new film will be using the same suit as the original:

The film does not have a release date yet. RoboCop co-writer Ed Neumeier said said in January that the film would based on a script that he and Miner wrote in the 1980s for a sequel to the original.