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Neill Blomkamp Says Goodbye to ‘RoboCop’ and Hello to a New Horror Movie

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Neill Blomkamp (District 9, Chappie) had recently been attached to direct a reboot of the RoboCop franchise for MGM, set to be a decades-later sequel to Paul Verhoeven’s original classic. Blomkamp had been saying that it’d definitely be rated “R” and would feature the original suit, perhaps even the return of Peter Weller, but alas, it’s just not meant to be.

Taking to Twitter this morning, Blomkamp announced that he’s no longer directing RoboCop for MGM. That’s the bad news. The good news? He’s directing a horror movie instead.

Blomkamp tweeted, “Off Robocop. I am shooting new horror/thriller and MGM can’t wait/need to shoot Robocop now. Excited to watch it in theaters with other fans.”

This is a serious bad news/good news situation, as it’s a huge bummer to hear that Blomkamp is off RoboCop but it’s also hugely exciting to hear that he’s making a horror movie. We have no details on this mysterious “horror/thriller” at this time, but Blomkamp’s recent work under the Oats Studios umbrella suggests he could make one kickass horror movie.

Blomkamp, you may recall, had once upon a time been set to direct a sequel to James Cameron’s Aliens. That project, as far as we’re aware, is still very much dead in the water.

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Julia Garner Joins Horror Movie ‘Weapons’ from the Director of ‘Barbarian’

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In addition to Leigh Whannell’s upcoming Universal Monsters movie Wolf Man, Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel) has also joined the cast of Weapons, THR has announced tonight.

Weapons is the new horror movie from New Line Cinema and director Zach Cregger (Barbarian), with Julia Garner joining the previously announced Josh Brolin (Dune 2).

The upcoming Weapons is from writer/director Zach Cregger, who will also produce alongside his Barbarian producing team: Roy Lee of Vertigo and J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules of BoulderLight Pictures. Vertigo’s Miri Yoon also produces.

The Hollywood Reporter teases, “Plot details for Weapons are being kept holstered but it is described as a multi and inter-related story horror epic that tonally is in the vein of Magnolia, the 1999 actor-crammed showcase from filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson.”

Cregger was a founding member and writer for the New York comedy troupe “The Whitest Kids U’Know,” which he started while attending The School of Visual Arts. The award-winning group’s self-titled sketch comedy show ran for five seasons on IFC-TV and Fuse. He was also a series regular on Jimmy Fallon’s NBC series “Guys with Kids” and the TBS hit series “Wrecked,” and was featured in a recurring role on the NBC series “About a Boy.”

Weapons will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.

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