Darren Aronofsky has been lying low since all the critical acclaim heaped on him after "The Wrestler." He's just been quietly developing his "Robocop" reboot. The talented director also has another project up his sleeve, one that might just take flight before "Robocop" thanks to the addition of Natalie Portman. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Portman is attached to star in Aronofsky's next project, "Black Swan."

"Swan" is a supernatural thriller set in the New York City ballet. It follows a veteran ballerina (Portman) who finds herself in a tight competition with a rival dancer. With a big performance on the horizon, the rivalry between them becomes fierce and ugly. While that could be vicious enough territory for a film to explore, the ballerina must face an even more terrifying question: whether her rival is even real or just a delusion. A lot of comparisons to made here to "The Others," the Nicole Kidman ghost story where all was not as it seemed... but not before we all wept in terror. Well, at least I did. Read more...

The differences between the terms "remake" and "reboot" are subtle, but important nonetheless. The first implies an attempt to recreate the recipe of something that came before, while the second tends to take the essential ingredients and craft something nifty, new and occasionally unrecognizable.

It's our hunch that Darren Aronofsky, he of "The Wrestler" and "Requiem for a Dream" fame, will be leaning towards the latter when it comes to his announced "RoboCop" project. If nothing else, original "RoboCop" screenwriter and co-producer Ed Neumeier agreed that Aronofsky, an unlikely match for the cybernetic law enforcement officer, is likely to do something equally unusual with the material. Read more...

Ever since Darren Aronofsky opened up with news that his ‘RoboCop’ project would be a reboot of the franchise, we’ve had plenty of questions for him about how his vision will define itself. Now, the “Fountain” and “Requiem for a Dream” director has leaked a little more insight and not only pointed out where he sees room to grow with the film, but let on that a Peter Weller appearance may not be part of the deal.

“The thing that’s exciting for a filmmaker like me about [“RoboCop”] is that it’s not as iconic as some of the other titles out there, so there’s room to do stuff with it,” Aronofsky told MTV News. “It had incredible insight into the future, and it’s still hilarious,” he added. Read more...

When news leaked that visionary director Darren Aronofsky was about to shepherd a fourth big-screen incarnation of “Robocop,” fans of the character were simultaneously both excited and a little confused. Aronofsky? The guy who directed “Requiem for a Dream” and “Pi”? Just what in the heck brought him to the project in the first place?

Don’t bother asking Aronofsky himself, who is more difficult to decipher than the plot of “The Fountain” (zing!). When MTV News caught up with him at the Toronto Film Festival, all Aronofsky would say of what attracted him was that “it’s an interesting landscape.”

“But we've got to get a screenplay. We're deep in it,” he added. “But there's not much to say until there is a screenplay.” Read more...

Seventeen years after his last big-screen incarnation, "Robocop" will finally make his way back to theaters in 2010, thanks to a Darren Aronofsky-directed fourth film.

Will it be a direct sequel? A reboot? Will it star Peter Weller? You can find the answers to those and other questions here.

But judging from internet chatter, the most persistent question fans have about the hitherto secretive project isn't why Robocop is coming back to theaters, but what he'll do when he gets there. Hopefully, the implication goes, it includes a lot (and we mean A LOT) of killing. Read more...

- Megan Fox says "Transformers 2" has twice the budget of the original ($300 million?) (IGN)

- "Robocop" remake actually a sequel. Darren Aronofsky reportedly being eyed for the director's chair. (Bloody Disgusting)

- First trailer for Ridley Scott's "Body of Lies" with Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio pops up online. (Coming Soon)

- Giggity, giggity, goo! A "Family Guy" movie will start within the year, says Seth McFarlane (TV Week)

- Will Ferrell to play "Two-Face," no not THAT one, the one about a racist who develops a split personality. (Variety)

- John Woo to direct comic book movie based on "Caliber." (Variety)