Well this just raised my interest in this remake a few notches. According to THR Commissioner Gordon himself Gary Oldman has joined the cast of Jose Padilha's remake of the classic sci-fi, Robocop. The site report that the veteran 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.
Sounds like a completely new sympathetic character, as if memory serves all of those involved with actually creating Robocop in the original were miserable pack of bastards. Anyway, Oldman joins
The Killing actor Joel Kinnaman as Alex Murphy. No other cast members have been revealed as of yet but plenty of big names - including Sean Penn and Ed Norton - have been rumored. The movie doesn't yet have a shoot date but has a tentative release of Summer 2013.
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