It sounds like production on director Jose Padilha's Robocop remake isn't going as well as previously hoped.

9 out of 10 of Padilha's ideas are being rejected.

He's fighting, and it's making him bitter.

The experience is described as "hell."

But Mereilles believes the film will still be good.

City of God helmer Fernando Meireilles, a close friend and colleague of Padilha's, says that the filmmaker is having a tough time with Hollywood making Robocop. While the story originated in an interview from Cinema Com Rapardura , the guys over at Bleeding Cool have translated the pertinent bullet points:Production seemed to be going well for Padilha until a few days ago when the film's big bad Hugh Laurie passed on the project before signing on the dotted line, leaving Padilha and company scrambling to find a new villain. Clive Owen is said to be up for the role now, but nothing has yet to be confirmed.

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