Neill Blomkamp to Chappie up a new RoboCop movie
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In news that may be received differently depending on which of the director’s films you’ve seen, Neill Blomkamp—the South African director behind District 9 (2009), Elysium (2013), and popular Twitter punching bag Chappie (2015)—has been tapped to direct a new RoboCop movie for MGM, as Deadline reports.