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Another Pablo Escobar Project On The Way, This Time From Netflix & 'Robocop' Helmer Jose Padilha

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • February 6, 2013 2:57 PM
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It took just over a month into 2013 for yet another project about a famed drug lord to come to the fore. We already know about "Paradise Lost," the romance that will relegate Pablo Escobar to an interesting supporting player but embodied by none other than Benicio Del Toro. And there there is the development roadway, littered with projects by guys like Oliver Stone, Antoine Fuqua, Brad Furman and Joe Carnahan, that are either in development or once were. However, when Netflix honcho Ted Sarandos tells GQ, "The goal is to become HBO faster than HBO can become us," he's not fucking around. So we think this next attempt to bring Escobar back to life has a better chance than most.
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More: Narcos, NetFlix, Television, TV News, José Padilha

Jose Padilha, Director Of 'RoboCop' Remake, Says Despite Rumors That He's "Happy" With Film

  • By Drew Taylor
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  • September 5, 2012 8:59 AM
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  • 3 Comments
News
Just a few days ago, Fernando Meirelles, director of "City of God," was quoted as saying that his friend Jose Padilha, currently hard at work on his Hollywood debut, a remake of "RoboCop," was having a terrible time on the film. "For every 10 ideas he has, 9 are cut," Meirelles told a South American website. But wait! A Brazilian newspaper interviewed Padilha and it seems that he's actually totally fine, so just chill.
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More: José Padilha, RoboCop, Fernando Meirelles

Director Jose Padilha Says 'RoboCop' Reboot Is "Hell"

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • August 27, 2012 11:00 AM
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  • 12 Comments
News
With Hugh Laurie dropping out of the villain role in the "RoboCop" remake last week, was it actually a sign of a troubled production? Because according to director Jose Padilha's pal Fernando Meirelles, working on the flim is "hell."
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More: José Padilha, RoboCop

Battlefield Tested: New 'RoboCop' Reboot Reveals Its First Viral Clip

  • By Edward Davis
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  • July 8, 2012 12:52 PM
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  • 4 Comments
News
Not due in theaters until August 9, 2013, Columbia and MGM Pictures is not wasting any time getting the promotional ball rolling, especially with Comic-Con 2012 right around the corner.  The company has already begun a viral campaign for their rebooted version of "RoboCop" starring AMC's "The Killing" actor Joel Kinnaman (also the star of the upcoming foreign-language thriller "Easy Money"). Set in a In a crime-ridden future where a fatally wounded cop (Kinnaman) returns to the force as a powerful cyborg with submerged memories haunting him, this initial "RoboCop" viral clip centers around OmniCorp, the company in the original picture that's building a future-age of law enforcement.  This clip introduces the "battlefield tested" ED-209 design. Here's the company's manifesto.
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More: RoboCop, Joel Kinnaman, José Padilha

AMC's 'The Killing' Star Joel Kinnaman Offered The Lead In MGM's 'RoboCop' Remake

  • By Edward Davis
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  • February 24, 2012 3:03 PM
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  • 2 Comments
News
So much for those rumors of Michael Fassbender or Russell Crowe (the latter of which was recently debunked anyhow). It looks like neither of those two stars will be leading the new “RoboCop” remake that Brazilian helmer José Padilha (“Elite Squad”) will be directing.
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More: RoboCop, Joel Kinnaman, José Padilha

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