MUMBAI: Jose Padilha, who directed the Brazilian cop film Elite Squad is in negotiation to direct a remake of Robocop.

The remake is a big priority of the newly reconstituted directors of MGM. Other directors on the list included Robert Rodriguez and David Slade who helmed The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.

Robocop could well go on to be the Hollywood debut of Padilha. The 1987 original, directed by Paul Verhoeven, featured a cop who is brought back from the brink of death in the form of a cyborg with no memories of his prior life. Till now, the film has had two sequels.

Padilha was attached at one stage to direct "The Sigma Protocol," an adaptation of a Robert Ludlum novel, but has since moved on.