1. Edward Neumeier was born on August 24,1957 and is an American screenwriter best known for his work on the science fiction movies RoboCop and Starship Troopers.
10 Facts About Edward Neumeier
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Edward Neumeier wrote the latter's sequels Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation, Starship Troopers 3: Marauder and Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars.
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Edward Neumeier went on to become a script reader in the Story Analyst's Union, working at Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures.
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Edward Neumeier wrote his first outlines and film treatments for his first movie, RoboCop, as well as other spec scripts.
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Edward Neumeier declined an offer of a vice-presidency at Universal Pictures, to develop the screenplay for RoboCop, with Michael Miner.
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Edward Neumeier co-produced RoboCop, which was released in movie theaters in 1987 in North America and some other locations.
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However, due to the 1988 Writers Guild of America strike, Edward Neumeier was unable to write any more of the screenplay.
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Edward Neumeier appeared in this film in the brief role of a man convicted of murder and sentenced to immediate execution.
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In January 2018, it was announced that Edward Neumeier was writing a direct sequel to the original 1987 film that would ignore both sequels and the 2014 remake.
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In 2019, Edward Neumeier said that Blomkamp wanted RoboCop Returns to be as close to the 1987 film as possible saying that Blomkamp feels that "it should be the proper Verhoeven if Verhoeven had directed a movie right after RoboCop".