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 ...

The '80s sci-fi movie Short Circuit is being rebooted as a Latinx family film from one of the filmmakers behind Instructions Not Included.

Short Circuit Review Number 5, a rogue robot on the run from the law and various scientists, finds sanctuary with the angelic Stephanie Speck (Sheedy) and the goodie-goodie Newton Crosby (Guttenberg).

Before there was Wall-E, before Star Trek's Commander Data, there was Johnny Five: the sentient robot starring alongside Ally Sheedy and Steve Gutenberg in Short Circuit, a family-friendly film from ...

Looks like Number 5 is still alive! Time to add Short Circuit to the list of '80s sci-fi classics getting a big screen reboot.

A film fanatic who has built a fully-functioning replica of the robot from the 1986 film Short Circuit said fans get emotional when they see his creation. Ryan Howard, 34, from Nottinghamshire ...

Short Circuit, the 1986 sci-fi film about an experimental military robot struck by lightning, is getting a remake by Spyglass Media Group.

Right now, we’re falling in love with BB-8 from Star Wars—and yet, there’s still a special place in our hearts for Johnny Five, the robot from the Short Circuit films. But how much do you ...