Director Found For RoboCop Remake?

According to The Hollywood Reporter, a director may have been found for the upcoming remake of RoboCop.

Last week, MGM met with directors, which included Robert Rodriguez (Desperado and Machete) and David Slade (Hard Candy and 30 Days of Night), but emerging to the top of the list was Jose Padilha and he's currently in talks with the company to direct the remake of the 1987 film directed by Paul Verhoeven.

Who is Jose Padilha? He is best known for writing and directing the Elite Squad films. In fact, Elite Squad 2, which was released in 2010, became the highest grossing film in Brazil's box office history.

After a director is signed on, MGM will then move on to finding a writer or writers to pen the script. The budget for the film will be around $80 million.

I'm now very interested in Padilha's films and have just added Elite Squad to my Netflix queue. No release date for the sequel has been announced, yet.

Here is the original trailer for RoboCop: