Peter Weller Reprises His 'RoboCop' Role In Bizarre KFC Ads
A series of strange RoboCop KFC ads feature the return of Peter Weller, who played the character in Paul Verhoeven's 1987 original movie.
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Neill Blomkamp Says Peter Weller Should Play Robocop In His Sequel
Director Neill Blomkamp is helming a sequel to RoboCop – could the original star return? Read more about Blomkamp's Peter Weller RoboCop sequel tease here.
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Cool Stuff: Matt Ferguson's 'RoboCop' Print Is Part Man, Part Machine, All Awesome
Check out Matt Ferguson's fantastic new RoboCop print, pitting the part man, part machine officer against the ED-209. Find out how to get one of your own!
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Benedict Cumberbatch Dominates Ruined London In New 'Star Trek Into Darkness' Poster
In just over a month, J.J. Abrams' second Star Trek film, Star Trek Into Darkness, opens its regular run. (The film will actually premiere in April, with galas set for different countries beginning with an Australian event on April 23.) As we hit the last stretch until the film opens up to a general audience,…
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'Star Trek Into Darkness' International Trailer: Tons Of New Footage Including A Crashing Enterprise
We're less than two months away from finally seeing Star Trek Into Darkness. That's a nice feeling, isn't it? J.J. Abrams and his crew have been hard at work finishing the IMAX 3D film that will tell the continuing stories of the U.S.S. Enterprise and a brand new international trailer has just come online to…
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'The Dark Knight Returns Part 1' Animated Trailer
You're reading that headline correctly: this is the trailer for The Dark Knight Returns, rather than The Dark Knight Rises. The film in question is the animated adaptation of Frank Miller's 1986 Batman graphic novel that changed the direction of the character and inspired Christopher Nolan's take on the hero. The first part of Warners'…
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'Star Trek 2:' Benedict Cumberbatch Is Not Gary Mitchell, Alice Eve Is Canon, Peter Weller Is Not, Trailer Timeline And More
A quick recap of this week in Star Trek 2: Karl Urban seemingly slips and says Benedict Cumberbatch is playing a character named "Gary," likely referring to Gary Mitchell. He then says Trek 2 footage will appear online during Comic-Con. I ask him about both these things and he swears up and down he doesn't…
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Peter Weller To Voice Batman In 'The Dark Knight Returns' Direct To DVD Animation
Frank Miller, Klaus Janson and Lynn Varley helped change the comic book landscape when the first issue of their four-issue Batman reinvention The Dark Knight Returns was released in 1986. Those four issues have influenced film and television as well as comics; Christopher Nolan's three Batman films are shaped to a great degree by the…
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Hero Complex Film Festival 2012 Recap Featuring Behind The Scenes Stories From A Clockwork Orange, Serenity, Wall-E, Shaun Of The Dead And More
Featuring a line up that included Dawn of the Dead, Shaun of the Dead, RoboCop, A Clockwork Orange, Super, Wall-E and Serenity, the 3rd annual Los Angeles Times Hero Complex Film Festival was held this past weekend. Each film was accompanied by one or two prominent guests who all gave fascinating behind the scenes facts about their films…
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'Star Trek' Bits: Leonard Nimoy's Set Visit, Alice Eve's Costume, Roberto Orci's Comment, And Peter Weller's Ship
Filmmaker J.J. Abrams is known for his obsession with secrecy, but if anything, that only seems to heighten the amount of fan speculation surrounding his projects. So even as filming on Star Trek 2 (or whatever they end up calling it) comes to an end, the rumor mill is nowhere close to shutting down. After…
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'Serenity,' 'RoboCop,' 'Clockwork Orange' Highlight Hero Complex Film Festival May 18-21
The third annual Hero Complex Film Festival, presented by the Los Angeles Times, is as star studded as ever. Taking place from May 18-21 at Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE Stadium 14, this year's line up goes from zombies, to cult classics, animation and superheroes. It all begins with Zack Snyder and Robert Kirkman presenting Dawn…
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Peter Weller's Role In The 'Star Trek' Sequel Revealed?
On Monday morning, amid all the controversy over Benicio Del Toro and Kahn, Robocop actor Peter Weller was semi-quietly cast in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek sequel. At the time not much was known about his role, though I immediately thought he'd be perfect for the older, supporting villain mentioned when Alice Eve was cast. Well…
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Peter Weller Joins The 'Star Trek' Sequel
Briefly: While we can speculate and dither about what role Benicio Del Toro is playing in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek sequel, we can celebrate the fact that Peter Weller, one of the best voices in the business and the original RoboCop, will now be part of the Trek cast, too. Variety reports that Weller is…
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Peter Weller Sends A Message To Detroit
Bless you, Funny or Die. We've heard from a great many people about the proposed statue of RoboCop in Detroit, especially since the plan to fund the statue raised fifty grand in mere days. But one important voice hasn't been heard, until now. Thanks to the miracle of the internet, you can watch a message…
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RoboCop/Buckaroo Banzai Star Peter Weller Joins Dexter
Peter Weller has joined the cast of the fifth season of Showtime's Dexter. Weller is best known as the title character from the RoboCop movies and Buckaroo Banzai from The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension. According to Deadline, Weller will be playing "a troubled Miami Metro police officer who gets caught up…
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The Internet Birthed: Tropic Thunder LOLcat
One wonders how much moolah DreamWorks dropped on this new promotional Tropic Thunder LOLcat featuring Ben Stiller's Tugg Speedman. I'm not the one. Rather than take on Hollywood's cause du jour, Global Warming, Speedman's preferred charity is Pandas. Mmm/blech, Panda Express. This week also witnessed the unmasking of Speedman's Tom Cruise-biting website, leaving many (employed)…
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MGM Planning New RoboCop Movie
AICN pointed out a press release today from MGM that lists a new RoboCop movie alongside upcoming franchise films already in development like Quantum of Solace, The Thomas Crown Affair 2 (with RoboCop director Paul Verhoeven on board) and everyone's favorite future films, The Pink Panther 2 and 3. Here's the excerpt... MGM is planning…
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