Before you make rash judgments about Dimension's new remake of Short Circuit, the 1986 movie about a weaponized robot named Johnny 5 that gains intelligence after lightning strikes it, or its director Tim Hill, who helmed Hop and Alvin and the Chipmunks, let me say this: We can't be precious about middling robot drama from the '80s, nor can we underestimate Hill, a former Rocko's Modern Life writer and story editor. I'm kind of excited! Ideally, it'll be like Real Steel except without the hilarious robot feelings. [Deadline]