Robocop picks up some pork rinds
and a gallon of milkWhen I first heard "Robocop" was slated for a 2010 remake, my heart didn't exactly sink. I just didn't care.

The 1987 original was a hands-down, all-time classic. It's been one of my favorite movies for *does the math* two-thirds of my life, and I think it's as fun to watch today is it was when I was a kid.

But, the brilliance of the original has been steadily ground into mush by a series of lame sequels, TV adaptations and other silliness. I just figured the remake would be more of the same irrelevant garbage.

But ... ComingSoon.Net now reports the director Daron Aronofsky and writer David Self have signed on for the remake.

Machine Gun Joe's Ram from 'Death Race'By now you may know the '70s cult classic "Death Race 2000" is getting a big-budget remake, courtesy of Universal Studios.

It stars Jason Statham, Tyrese Gibson, Ian McShane and Joan Allen and it's due in theaters Aug. 22. If you can't wait that long for your dose of heavy metal mayhem, the kind folks at Jalopnik have all the information you need to stage your own Death Race.

The Fallen (which sounds cooler
than Robot Satan)CHUD.com reports the plot of the next “Transformers” movie will likely see the Autobots battle a villain who's the robot equivalent of Satan.

The sequel to last summer's sci-fi blockbuster is called “Transformers II: Revenge of the Fallen.”

CHUD notes “The Fallen” is the name given to a Lucifer-type figure from the “Transformers” comic books.

Eli Roth practices his
Spider-Man impressionEli Roth, creator of the notoriously gory “Hostel” films and “Cabin Fever” is writing a PG-13 sci-fi action extravaganza.

Reuters reports Roth is almost finished with a script inspired by the success of recent smashes such as “Transformers” and “Cloverfield.”

More details on Roth's PG-13 epic will reportedly emerge in what Roth called a “big announcement” next month.

Earth vs. Moon: This
time, it's personal!The Hollywood Reporter announced Universal recently won a four-way bidding war for “Earth Vs. Moon,” a story pitch for “a sci-fi epic.”

Not much else has been made public about the film, written by Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese, except the story sold for “the mid- to high-six figures.”

How much you wanna bet that it's the long-awaited sequel to Georges Méliès 1902 silent film, “A Trip to the Moon?” That's the one where a crew of astronomers put the Man in the Moon's eye out with their rocket. Ever since then, the Big Green Cheesehead has had it in for us.

Carrie Henn in 'Aliens'“Aliens” (1986)

MPAA Rating: R
Directed by: James Cameron
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, Paul Reiser, Bill Paxton

“Akira” is probably the most famous anime feature film of all time.