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**RollWithEm** · 09-25-2012, 11:37 AM

Looks like Catwoman could join Thor in Spielberg's Robopocalypse

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Deadline's Mike Fleming reported yesterday that Spielberg is after Anne Hathaway to star opposite Hemsworth in the upcoming flick based on Daniel H. Wilson's bestselling novel.

In case you don't know the basics...

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In the near future, an increasingly robot-reliant society faces extinction after a computer scientist accidentally unleashes a sentient artificial intelligence named Archos.

After failed attempts at making a non-homocidal artificial intelligence, the safeguards in a computer science lab are compromised. Archos, a supremely intelligent AI, becomes self-aware and immediately starts planning the decimation of human civilization in an attempt to preserve Earth's biodiversity. After infecting all penetrable networked electronic devices (cars, airplanes, elevators, robots, etc.) with a "precursor virus", Archos begins planning a systematic attack on the human race.

I'm now on board. I was skeptical up until I found out about Hathaway's inclusion. She's on a pretty good streak of movies.

**RollWithEm** · 01-10-2013, 07:46 AM

Spielberg puts Robopocalypse movie on hold

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The movie was supposed to begin shooting early this year, with an April 25. 2014, release date on the schedule, but now it looks like we're going to have to look for something else to see that day.

Why did Spielberg slam on the brakes? A spokesperson for the legendary director said that the film is "too important and the script is not ready, and it's too expensive to produce."

This doesn't sound promising.

**R-Star** · 01-10-2013, 08:15 AM

Has anyone read the book?

Worthwhile?

**RollWithEm** · 01-11-2013, 06:41 AM

I haven't read the book, but the movie might not be dead yet.

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"We found that the film was costing a lot of money and I found a better way to tell the story more economically but also much more personally. I found the personal way into Robopocalypse, and so I just told everybody to go find other jobs, I'm starting on a new script and we'll have this movie back on its feet soon."

Sounds promising, again.

**Hyperion** · 01-11-2013, 11:18 AM

This sounds like Terminator 3.....

**RollWithEm** · 01-11-2013, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Hyperion

This sounds like Terminator 3.....

...crossed with I-Robot.

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