After spending a lot of time developing a sequel to a 1980s' film (Aliens), only for that effort to end in frustration, Neill Blomkamp could be forgiven for avoiding follow-ups to cult movies. Yet he's now attached to direct the latest sequel to 1987's RoboCop, currently called RoboCop Returns . This one has been bubbling away in development at MGM for a while now, with the original Paul Verhoeven film's writers Ed Neumeier and Michael Miner overseeing the new script. While they produced a draft a few years ago, they've now handed the actual screenplay chores to Justin Rhodes, writer of the new Terminator movie in production. The basic story for the film will see Detroit fallen further into mayhem and criminal chaos when slain cop-turned cyborg-hero RoboCop makes his triumphant return to clear up the streets. "The original definitely had a massive effect on me as a kid," Blomkamp tells Deadline. "I loved it then and it remains a classic in the