Sony Pictures Push ROBOCOP Back To 2014; ELYSIUM Also Delayed
Although it was originally set to hit theatres next August, Sony Pictures have delayed Jose Padilha's RoboCop to 2014. This has also resulted in Elysium getting a new release date. Find out when you'll be able to see both films after the jump!
Well, this is sure to come as disappointing news to fans who were looking forward to seeing Jose Padhila's take on RoboCop next summer. Neil Blomkamp's Elysium (which was originally set to be released on March 1st, 2013) is now taking its August 9th, 2013 release date, pushing back Jose Padilha's remake to February 7th, 2014. There's currently no word on WHY Sony Pictures made this decision, although one option is that they may convert it to 3D. Another is that those rumours about problems with the production were in fact correct!
In RoboCop, the year is 2029 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Their drones are winning American wars around the globe and now they want to bring this technology to the home front. Alex Murphy is a loving husband, father and good cop doing his best to stem the tide of crime and corruption in Detroit. After he is critically injured in the line of duty, OmniCorp utilizes their remarkable science of robotics to save Alex’s life. He returns to the streets of his beloved city with amazing new abilities, but with issues a regular man has never had to face before.
STARRING:
Joel Kinnaman as Alex Murphy/RoboCop
Gary Oldman as Dr. Robert Norton
Michael Keaton as Raymond Sellars
Samuel L. Jackson as Pat Novak
Jay Baruchel as Pope
Abbie Cornish as Ellen Murphy
Jackie Earle Haley as Maddox
Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Karen Dean
Michael Kenneth Williams as Jack Lewis
RELEASE DATE:
August 9th, 2013. February 7th, 2014
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