If you're a Steven Spielberg fan the following news comes as quite disconcerting. Robopocalypse was set to be the Academy Award winning director's next film. In fact the movie was supposed to shoot before Lincoln but we can probably all agree doing Lincoln first was a good move. Despite the delay, casting had already commenced with Anne Hathaway, Ben Whishaw, and Chris Hemsworth all attached. Production was supposed to begin this spring but sadly that is not to be.
Speaking to "The Hollywood Reporter" a spokesman for Spielberg stated today that "the script is not ready" the film is "too expensive to produce" and that essentially "it's back to the drawing board to see what is possible." I can understand the script aspect but since when does Spielberg worry about budget costs let alone question his own limits of what is possible? What is possible? You are Steven effing Spielberg the guy who did Jurassic Park and Indiana Jones! Anything is possible!
Speaking of our favorite archaeological adventurer, Spielberg shared in a recent interview that at this point in his career he could do an action movie "in his sleep" and that the field "doesn't attract me anymore." This could very well put to bed the idea of another Indiana Jones movie or at the very least the idea of Steven Spielberg directing it.
What I find more upsetting is the idea of Spielberg not doing action or science fiction movies anymore. As much as I love his dramas, some of his classic movies are action/sci-fi films. It will be a sad day indeed if he decides he doesn't want to do that genre anymore. As for Robopocalypse I supposed audiences will have to wait and see.
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