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Gary Oldman Joins Cast Of ROBOCOP

by Shawn MaddenMay 24, 2012

In a bit of casting news that will definitely increase interest in this film. According to THR Gary Oldman has joined the cast of Jose Padilha’s remake of the classic sci-fi, Robocop. The site has reported that the actor will play a character called “Norton”

“Oldman will play Norton, the scientist who creates Robocop and finds himself torn between the ideals of the machine trying to rediscover its humanity and the callous needs of a corporation.”

If memory serves me correct there was no Norton in the original. So it looks like they are altering the origins just a bit here.

Oldman joins The Killing actor Joel Kinnaman as Alex Murphy. Kinnaman (The Killing) plays the title character, a cop named Alex Murphy who is brought back from the brink of death and turned into a cyborg police officer. No other cast members have been revealed yet but there has been quite a few big names rumored to be involved such as Edward Norton and Sean Penn. The movie has tentative release of Summer 2013 and is eyeing a September shoot.

Source: THR

Sony Pictures to Distribute MGM’s Robocop Remake!

by Steven KunzMarch 6, 2012

Sony Pictures has officially signed on to distribute MGM’s Robocop remake. This deal is only the latest in the relationship with Sony and MGM with previous partnerships involving ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo‘ and ‘Zookeeper.’

The film is being directed by Jose Padilha, whose previous credits are the brazillian film series, “The Elite Squad” and the documentary, “Secrets of the Tribe.” The lead role of Robocop, formerly played by Peter Weller, now stars Joel Kinnaman as the main lead, his most recently starring in ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ and the AMC TV Series, ‘The Killing‘.

One more interesting note, the script of Robocop was written by Joshua Zetumer, whose most recent work was the draft script for the now defunct remake of Dune. With these sort of people working on the film, Robocop is shaping up into a decent film at least, though time will tell if the film will be as memorable as the original.

Source: http://www.deadline.com/2012/03/sony-pictures-to-distribute-mgms-robocop-remake/

Is This Little Known Actor Our New Robocop?

by Eric DiazFebruary 24, 2012

The first major casting news in MGM’s remake of Robocop has surfaced from Deadline.com, and it looks like actor Joel Kinnaman is being offered the lead in director Jose Padilha’s reboot of the beloved series. Joel who you say? Well, Joel Kinnaman has been featured in a few high profile projects lately, like AMC’s The Killing and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. But he hardly has the recognizability of earlier rumored leads like Michael C. Hall from Dexter. Then again, When Paul Verhoeven’s original Robocop was released back in 1987, star Peter Weller was best known for being in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai….oh, and for pinning an 11 year old Corey Haim against a wall in fit of rage during filming of the movie Firstborn (seriously, he did…Google that shit,) So in casting an relative unknown for the part of Robocop, MGM might be hoping that lighting strikes twices.