A sizzle reel of sorts has hit the web featuring the team behind the RoboCop remake talking about the forthcoming film and all that they have in store for it. It's a talking heads piece, yes, but it comes armed with an arsenal of concept art and I love that kind of stuff.
Most revealing is concept art for the first suit Alex Murphy wears. It pays homage to the original and presents something "updated."
Our brother site ComingSoon.net has your first look at Joel Kinnaman (The Killing) in the new RoboCop suit!
Filming started today in Toronto and you can see the updated design inside.
Directed by Jose Padilha, the August 9, 2013 release co-stars Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, and Samuel L. Jackson, as well as Abbie Cornish, Jackie Earle Haley, Michael K. Williams, Jay Baruchel, Jennifer Ehle, and Marianne Jean-Baptiste.
From Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and Columbia Pictures, the film was written by Josh Zetumer and Nick Schenk, based on the 1987 motion picture written by Edward Neumeier & Michael Miner.
On the heels of last week's announcement that Hugh Laurie had dropped out of Jose Padilha's RoboCop reboot comes word, via Deadline, that Michael Keaton has stepped in to play the role of Raymond Sellars, the evil and ultra-rich CEO of Omnicorp.
Keaton will be joining a cast that includes Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Samuel L. Jackson, Jackie Earle Haley, Jay Baruchel, Jennifer Ehle, Michael Kenneth Williams and Marianne Jean-Baptiste.
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.
Jennifer Ehle is in talks to join the cast of Jose Padilha's RoboCop, says a story at Deadline.
She would play a character named Liz Kline, new to the remake. 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.
Ehle has recently appeared in films like Contagion, The Ides of March and The King's Speech.
She can next be seen in Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty. RoboCop is set for release on August 9, 2013. Head inside for casting news on Dark Skies...
In a viral campaign likely to expand during next week's Comic-Con, Columbia Pictures and MGM have revealed a first look at the robotic ED-209 design from their upcoming reboot of RoboCop. Based on the company from the film itself, the OmniCorp site features new images and video that you can check out after the break.
For a half-century, these words have set the framework upon which OmniCorp has aimed to build a brighter world. We don't do passive technology. At OmniCorp, our solutions generate a beacon of safety that we shine upon on the dangers of the day. No matter the obstacle - political, cultural, philosophical - we pursue our convictions around the globe to secure peace of mind at home. And when this requires bold new direction, we never allow doubt to shrink our duty. When your quality of life is in the balance, our leadership team will tip the scales.
Our brother site is at the Licensing Expo in Las Vegas and they've just scored a look at the teaser posters for Jurassic Park 3D, Pacific Rim, R.I.P.D. and RoboCop. Head inside for a look at the early artwork!
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It seems MGM isn't playing around with their new RoboCop film. They're already got Joel Kinnaman playing Alex Murphy with Gary Oldman and Samuel L. Jackson set to accompany him. Now, according to Deadline, they've tagged Abbie Cornish to take on the female lead in the film and it's not who you would expect. Instead of Murphy's former partner Anne Lewis, she'll actually be playing the wife of Alex Murphy who assumes after his death that she is a widow.
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In addition to Gary Oldman and Joel Kinnaman, the RoboCop remake is now going to star Samuel L. Jackson. This guy is destined to make his mark on every franchise out there, it seems.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jackson will play a powerful television mogul named Pat Novak. Apparently, he's a heavy-hitter in the world of RoboCop. Kinnaman, as you know, is Alex Murphy/RoboCop and Oldman is his creator.
Jose Padilha is directing.
The Fringe is a place where non-horror genre films can get some play on Shock. These films might be sci-fi, fantasy or action - and certainly contain some horror elements - but will likely be light on scares, or, straight-up "horror." Still, they might be of interest to you.
Gary Oldman. As if the guy can't get any more bad-ass with the roles he has chosen, the man is now going to be starring in the RoboCop remake as "Norton," the scientist responsible for RoboCop's creation.
The Hollywood Reporter says Norton "finds himself torn between the ideals of the machine trying to rediscover its humanity and the callous needs of a corporation." With Oldman's character, we're already seeing a bit of a departure from the original '80s film. The scientists responsible for the creation of RoboCop were mostly background characters, faceless - somewhat comedic - entities.
The Fringe is a place where non-horror genre films can get some play on Shock. These films might be sci-fi, fantasy or action - and certainly contain some horror elements - but will likely be light on scares, or, straight-up "horror." Still, they might be of interest to you.
Attached to the project earlier this month, Snabba Cash star Joel Kinnaman spoke today with MTV and dropped a few details about his upcoming role as Officer Alex Murphy in Jose Padilha's reboot of RoboCop.
"There's a lot of neuroscience now raising the question, 'Is all the intelligence in the human body in the brain?'" Kinnaman explains, "and they’re finding out that, no, it’s not like that. The body has intelligence itself, and we’re much more of an organic creature in that way. It's not a control tower that does everything."
In addition to a more scientific approach, Kinnaman says that the humanity of Murphy will be played up in ways that include a redesign of the RoboCop costume.
Sony's Robocop remake is expected to arrive in theaters August 9, 2013. The original film, when it opened in 1987, was a mid-July release.
