- ROBOCOP
It was just a few short months ago that it was reported that
Hugh Laurie would be joining the RoboCop remake and taking on the villain role.
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| Hugh Laurie |
Variety's Jeff Sneider tweeted this message for us all:
“MGM RUMOR #1: While he was never officially confirmed, sources
telling Variety that HUGH LAURIE has ended talks to play villain in ROBOCOP.”
“HUGH LAURIE definitely out of ROBOCOP reboot, not that he
was ever "in."
Deadline reports that MGM is now looking at a small group of
actors to fill the villain role, and one of them includes Clive Owen.
With filming set to begin in September the film must get its
villain in place pretty quickly.
In the film, the year is 2029 and multinational conglomerate
OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Their drones are winning
American wars around the globe and now they want to bring this technology to
the home front. Alex Murphy is a loving husband, father and good cop doing his
best to stem the tide of crime and corruption in Detroit. After he is
critically injured in the line of duty, OmniCorp utilizes their remarkable
science of robotics to save Alex’s life. He returns to the streets of his
beloved city with amazing new abilities, but with issues a regular man has
never had to face before.
Joel Kinnaman stars in the Jose Padilha film. Gary Oldman,
Samuel L. Jackson, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Jackie Earle Haley, Jay Baruchel,
Jennifer Ehle and Michael Kenneth Williams co-star in the August 9, 2013
release.
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