Release Date: May 6th 1986
Budget: 9 Million
Box office return: 41 Million.
Basic premise is a Nova Corp Robot #5 software gets struck by lightening and becomes "Alive" Self aware, however it fears being reprogrammed and ultimately ended if Nova Corp finds him. Number #5 befriends a woman who takes him in for help along the way becomes known and Johnny 5.
So if you could and the script was placed in your lap, you are told if you do this film you get your crack at anything else you want, how would you cast it, and who would you go for to write and direct?
2 guiding principles though, it has to make money, and at least get a decent rating.
Last bit of detail
Original Cast
Tim Blaney as Johnny 5 (voice)
Ally Sheedy as Stephanie Speck, who befriends Johnny 5
Steve Guttenberg as Newton Crosby, Ph.D., the designer of the prototypes
Fisher Stevens as Ben Jabituya, Newton's assistant (in Short Circuit 2 his name is Benjamin Jahveri)
Uncredited
John Badham as Cameraman (uncredited)
Jack Angel as Number 1 (voice)
Don Messick as Number 3 (voice)
Cam Clarke as Number 2 (voice)
If it were up to me I would try to go for a budget of 100 Million or less, I would stick with props and CGI so thanks to Transformers it should be relatively cheaper.
For Director: Tim Burton (This would be up his Ally)
Cast I would like to go with relatively unknowns. I think Burton is good with this.
The Premise I think I would shift from being that of a single male or female, I would have it be some kind of family, maybe go the whole Addams Family route mixed with the Brady Bunch remake.
I think the appeal can be the absurdity of the idea, the ability to mix the family in, with a lovable and maybe somewhat misguided robot.