Abbie Cornish Offered Female Lead In ROBOCOP Remake

Abbie Cornish Offered Female Lead In ROBOCOP Remake

The Sucker Punch actress has been offered the role of Alex Murphy's wife in MGM's RoboCop remake, which also stars Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman and Samuel L. Jackson.

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By PaulRom - Jun 08, 2012 08:06 AM EST
Filed Under: Robocop
Source: Deadline




The other day, we reported that Samuel L. Jackson (Marvel's The Avengers) was cast in MGM's upcoming remake of RoboCop, the classic sci-fi film starring Peter Weller. Now, via Deadline, we have another possible cast addition. The site reports that Abbie Cornish - seen in Sucker Punch and W.E. - has been offered the female lead in the remake, which will be directed by Jose Padilha. If negotiations go well, Cornish will play the wife of Alex Murphy (Joel Kinnaman, The Killing) who believes that she's a widow after Murphy almost dies (and is turned into the indestructible crime fighter known as RoboCop). Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight) is also set to play 'Norton', the creator of RoboCop. Production is expected to begin in September. Cornish can next be seen in The Seven Psychopaths, which will be released later this year.

RoboCop is set to hit theaters August 3rd, 2013.







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jessepostal
jessepostal - 6/8/2012, 8:55 AM
I still have not watched sucker punch, am I missing anything? Good not good?
antman73
antman73 - 6/8/2012, 9:11 AM
very well crafted, big great scenes, I even bought it cause I like Zak Penn movies, but I've never watched twice. But it deserve to be seen at least once

grif: if Sucker punch is a piece of shit what is it Green Lantern (unfortunatley)?
Ranger14
Ranger14 - 6/8/2012, 9:12 AM
jessepostal@ I tried watching it twice and fell asleep both times. That qualifies as a "not good" for me.
Oarsis
Oarsis - 6/8/2012, 9:14 AM
Abbie is an amazing actress. She is great with action also....Sexy woman!

I enjoyed Sucker Punch....I enjoyed it a lot, honestly. And Abbie played my favorite character, Sweet Pea. So I am happy with this!
marvel72
marvel72 - 6/8/2012, 9:15 AM
the action scenes were good in sucker punch,it was everything else inbetween that sucked.

but saying that abbie cornish is one sexy little mynx.
superbatspiderman
superbatspiderman - 6/8/2012, 9:18 AM
Why are they even making this movie? The original film is an action movie classic soon they'll remake Die Hard or the Termonator.
DukeAcureds
DukeAcureds - 6/8/2012, 9:19 AM
SuckerPunch is a lot better than you could ever expect it to be and a whole lot worse than you could hope it might be.
ronnie42
ronnie42 - 6/8/2012, 9:21 AM
Sucker Punch was brilliant but quite curious how she'd work in a robocop film.
thalidomide
thalidomide - 6/8/2012, 9:22 AM
DukeAcureds
DukeAcureds - 6/8/2012, 9:23 AM
Gusto, come on... Have you gone mad?
Are you dead? Is this you're last will and testement being played out?
Are you being "facebook-raped"?
Have you been body-snatched, like in Slither?
TheAntiGrif
TheAntiGrif - 6/8/2012, 9:24 AM
This moves looks as though its gonna be a heavenly reintroduction of the character. We never got to see murphy's wife. We saw hus son in the show but i don think his wife was there. Soo maybe she could be pregnant and he dies a few days before she gives birth. How interesting a plot point that would be
TheAntiGrif
TheAntiGrif - 6/8/2012, 9:24 AM
Can someone please tell me how to post pictures in comments
jessepostal
jessepostal - 6/8/2012, 9:25 AM
Thank you everyone! Now should I go with the theatrical or directors cut? Haha
jessepostal
jessepostal - 6/8/2012, 9:26 AM
@intruder they show his wife and son in the original a few times
DukeAcureds
DukeAcureds - 6/8/2012, 9:27 AM
AntiGrif@ We saw his wife and son in flashbacks in the first one. He stalked his wife in the second one and they were both in that godawful show.
Hickspy
Hickspy - 6/8/2012, 9:28 AM
How is this a "lead" role? His wife has like 3 lines in the movie.
Scarlett
Scarlett - 6/8/2012, 9:34 AM
Wouldn't the female lead in RoboCop be Anne Lewis?
jessepostal
jessepostal - 6/8/2012, 9:36 AM
I hope tj lazer makes an appearance, I'd buy that for a dollar
BlindLemonShemp
BlindLemonShemp - 6/8/2012, 9:37 AM
crap.... pure crap... damn you hollywood... first evil dead, and now you're still moving ahead with this...

make it stop! for the sanctity of our childhood memories for the love of god make it stop! haha
Scooby
Scooby - 6/8/2012, 9:38 AM
Sucker Punch explained:
Scooby
Scooby - 6/8/2012, 9:39 AM
For an actual explanation:

http://worddoodling.wordpress.com/2011/03/28/why-sucker-punch-is-smarter-than-you-think/
marvel72
marvel72 - 6/8/2012, 9:43 AM
@ intruder

they do show his wife,in a dream sequence & this scene as well.
Scooby
Scooby - 6/8/2012, 9:44 AM
Scarlett
Scarlett - 6/8/2012, 9:44 AM
jessepostal
jessepostal - 6/8/2012, 9:44 AM
@patientzero, I think Steverodgersson and goomba are the same person. Goomba does the same thing to me
HelaGood
HelaGood - 6/8/2012, 9:44 AM
hope she wears the garter belts...
Shaman
Shaman - 6/8/2012, 9:45 AM
Here's MY review of Sucker Punch. I found it to be much better than most people thought, apparently.

geeekgod
geeekgod - 6/8/2012, 9:48 AM
@jessepostal it wasn't that good of a film. rewatch WATCHMEN or 300 instead
thalidomide
thalidomide - 6/8/2012, 9:51 AM
HelaGood
HelaGood - 6/8/2012, 10:00 AM
i liked Sucker Punch as well...
DukeAcureds
DukeAcureds - 6/8/2012, 10:01 AM
JessePostal@ I'd go with @Scooby's critique, there. My head is full of [frick]. That is so SuckerPunch.
Mysterion
Mysterion - 6/8/2012, 10:02 AM
Sucker Punch was ok...it kinda felt like a 2 hour music video.
jessepostal
jessepostal - 6/8/2012, 10:05 AM
@geekgod, thanks bud but I'll give it a try, I always try every comic related movie no matter what the hate. Maybe I'll get a nap out of it. Thanks again
Bartman87
Bartman87 - 6/8/2012, 10:14 AM
I liked Sucker Punch, I think people were expecting more action and not all the drama in the middle from Snyder, I'm thinking this isn't going to be a shot for shot remake of Robocop for the idiots who keep saying that the wife wasn't seen that much in the original.
jessepostal
jessepostal - 6/8/2012, 10:14 AM
@dukea, haha head frick like a David lynch movie?
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