The director of the upcoming RoboCop remake José Padilha has given fans an insight into what to expect from the new flick, discussing its "ethical, moral and political" themes and revealing how it differs from the plethora of superhero movies currently hitting our screens.

Speaking to the Los Angeles Times, the Brazilian director revealed: "The thing that distinguishes RoboCop from most superhero movies is if you look at a movie like Spider-Man or Iron Man, every kid wants to be Spider-Man or aspires to be Iron Man.

"So you can make a movie — and those movies are great and fun — based on that. You create an empathy between the audience and the character."

Padilha continued: "RoboCop, he cannot touch his wife and his son, he cannot relate to humans in the way he related before he became RoboCop, so there’s no aspiration to be RoboCop."