Neill Blomkamp Was Set To Direct But Left The Project In August 2019
Neill Blomkamp, the director most known for District 9, Elysium, and Chappie, has had a history of being attached to reboots of beloved sci-fi franchises in the past with his ties to a new Alien movie, so it only made sense for the South African filmmaker to take the lead on RoboCop Returns, if only for a short time. Back in July 2018, it was revealed that Blomkamp would be directing the movie with Justin Rhodes, who co-wrote Tim Miller’s 2019 Terminator: Dark Fate, signing on to work on the script.
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