RoboCop (2014 film)

RoboCop
Robocop, holding his gun, getting out of his police motorbike and looking right, behind him, there is the city, and he is surrounded by the film's name, slogan and credits and the release date.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJosé Padilha
Written by
Based on
RoboCop
by
  • Edward Neumeier
  • Michael Miner
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyLula Carvalho
Edited by
Music byPedro Bromfman
Production
companies
Distributed bySony Pictures Releasing[3]
Release date
  • February 12, 2014 (2014-02-12)
Running time
118 minutes[4]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$100–130 million[5][6][7][8]
Box office$242.6 million[5]

RoboCop is a 2014 American cyberpunk[9] action film directed by José Padilha and written by Joshua Zetumer, Edward Neumeier, and Michael Miner. It is a remake of the 1987 film and the fourth installment of the RoboCop franchise overall. The film stars Joel Kinnaman as the title character, with Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson, Abbie Cornish, Jackie Earle Haley, Michael K. Williams, Jennifer Ehle, and Jay Baruchel in supporting roles. Set in 2028, a detective becomes critically injured and is turned into a cyborg police officer whose programming blurs the line between man and machine.

Sony Pictures' Screen Gems first announced a remake in 2005, but it was halted one year later. Darren Aronofsky and David Self were originally assigned to direct and write the film, respectively, for a tentative 2010 release. The film was delayed numerous times, and Padilha signed on in 2011. In March 2012, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (successor company to Orion Pictures until September 11, 2014, the studio that released the original film) announced an August 2013 release, but that was then changed to February 2014. The principal characters were cast from March to July 2012. Principal photography began in September 2012 in Toronto[10] and Vancouver in Canada,[11] with additional locations in Hamilton, in Canada, and Detroit in the United States.

RoboCop released in the United States on February 12, 2014, by Sony Pictures Releasing. The film received mixed reviews and was compared negatively to the original film.[12] It grossed $242.6 million against its $100–130 million budget.

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