Dimension Films has tapped Dan Milano to script “Short Circuit,” the remake of the 1986 pic. The original was about an armed robot that acquired a personality after a lightning strike, and ...

Johnny Five—hero of Short Circuit, Short Circuit 2, and all the Short Circuit sequels that have been playing only in our hearts since the franchise died in 1988—is indeed alive, and for sale ...

A replica of the robot from the Short Circuit films has gone trick or treating for Halloween - dressed as a ghost. Johnny 5 brought smiles to children's faces as it rolled from door to door in ...

Wrongheaded in conception, eye-rolling in execution, “Chappie” is a childish blend of the cute robot goofiness of “Short Circuit” and the bloody-minded mayhem of “RoboCop.” It never ...

MOVIE robot Johnny 5 is alive — and living in a granny annex. Fan Ryan Howard, 33, has spent £20,000 recreating the android from cult 1986 film Short Circuit. Now part of the family, the robot ...

Short Circuit is the first in a series of robot movies at the Longmont Museum and Cultural Center.