Watch viral "CES Video" from 2027 of OmniCorp selling RoboCop.
The Consumer Electronics Show is a place where technological corporations are allowed to glimpse us into their ideas for the future. In this new viral marketing promo for RoboCop, that is quite literally what the fictitious OmniCorp is all about. Set at a CES presentation from the year 2027, an OmniCorp spokesman is dedicated to give a keynote about how they have privatized world security and military power even more greatly than the U.S. or Chinese governments—and how they have invented a new product called the RC-2000. This retro-future makes for a brave new world indeed.
Directed by José Padilha, the reboot will attempt to win over even the most ardent skeptic with a slew of fan favorite castings, including Michael Keaton, Gary Oldman, Jennifer Ehle, Jackie Earle Haley, Michael K. Williams, Abbie Cornish and Samuel L. Jackson. Of course, the real star will be The Killing’s Joel Kinnaman stepping into the titular big metallic boots. The remake clearly wants to make the brand its own by taking a page from the Rolling Stones and painting it black. Fans can decide if it works February 14.
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