Gary Oldman Joins Cast Of ROBOCOP

In a bit of casting news that will definitely increase interest in this film. According to THR Gary Oldman has joined the cast of Jose Padilha’s remake of the classic sci-fi, Robocop. The site has reported that the 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.”

If memory serves me correct there was no Norton in the original. So it looks like they are altering the origins just a bit here.

Oldman joins The Killing actor Joel Kinnaman as Alex Murphy.  Kinnaman (The Killing) plays the title character, a cop named Alex Murphy who is brought back from the brink of death and turned into a cyborg police officer. No other cast members have been revealed yet but there has been quite a few big names rumored to be involved such as Edward Norton and Sean Penn. The movie has tentative release of Summer 2013 and is eyeing a September shoot.

Source: THR