Gary Oldman has signed up to for the 'RoboCop' remake, which will see him play Norton, a scientist who creates the technology that brings the cyborg police officer to life. <\/p>\n
Gary Oldman has signed up for the 'RoboCop' remake. <\/p>\n
The 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' actor will star as Norton, a scientist who creates the technology that brings the titular super-human cyborg - who is played by Joel Kinnaman - to life in the MGM reboot of the 1987 sci-fi movie. <\/p>\n
But Gary's alter-ego will find himself torn between a callous company and the machine - who was formerly a police officer called Alex Murphy saved from the brink of death and turned into a robot cop - trying to rediscover his humanity, according to The Hollywood Reporter. <\/p>\n
Jose Padilha will direct the motion picture, with Marc Abraham and Eric Newman in line to produce. <\/p>\n
The filmmaker had previously revealed Michael Fassbender was his top choice to play the cyborg - who was originally portrayed by Peter Weller in the first two 'Robocop' movies in 1987 and 1990 before Robert Burke took over in 1993's 'Robocop 3' - and the 'Shame' actor even signalled his interest about starring in the project. <\/p>\n
Jose said: ''I can't talk yet, it's too early to speak, but there are some actors I like. I really like the Fassbender, I'd like to talk to him - I'll talk to him. There's a possibility ....'' <\/p>\n
Michael explained: ''You know, I'm always open. I'll take a look at the script and sit down with the director and have a conversation. It's not definitely like, 'Oh, I've got to play RoboCop before I retire.' I don't have that about anything. I don't go, 'I have to play the Dane one day, or Hamlet.' I don't really think like that. <\/p>\n
''I just wait and see what comes up, and I'm always open to it. If I react to the script, then I'm up for anything. <\/p>\n
''It could be kind of fun [to wear the iconic outfit]. It could be kind of good to have a helmet that I could hide behind for most of the film too, that sounds kind of appealing.'' <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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