- ROBOCOP
Marianne Jean-Baptiste is the latest name to join the cast
of Jose Padilha's RoboCop, Variety reports. She will play the Chief of Police,
Karen Dean.
“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.”
Jean-Baptiste, best know for starring on "Without a
Trace," joins Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Samuel L. Jackson, Hugh Laurie,
Jackie Earle Haley, Jay Baruchel, Jennifer Ehle and Michael Kenneth Williams in
the August 9, 2013 release.
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