Things have been a little rocky on the RoboCop reboot recently, what with Hugh Laurie dropping out of the project and director Jose Padilha reportedly describing the studio interference making his life "hell". However, things could now be looking up, with confirmation announced of a stellar replacement for Laurie.
Michael Keaton has reportedly signed on to replace the House star, and will now be playing Raymond Sellars, the crooked CEO of Omnicorp, the company behind RoboCop's construction.
It had initially been thought that Clive Owen would step in to fill the position, but Padilha has now confirmed Keaton's arrival, and sounds rather pleased to have bagged his man.
"Michael is the final addition to the amazing cast we have assembled for this film and it is so great to have the last puzzle piece in place," said Padilha. "It is thrilling that everything has come together to bring this innovative new vision of RoboCop to life. We’ve got a great script, a great cast, some killer ED-209’s and I can’t wait to get Alex Murphy back on the streets."
Keaton goes on to join an impressive ensemble that includes Joel Kinnaman, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman, Abbie Cornish, Jay Baruchel, Jackie Earle Haley and Michael K. Williams. RoboCop will open in the UK on 9 August 2013.
Source: Collider
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blade32
Aug 30th 2012, 7:17
This is great news. I love Keaton. Wish he would get more big roles these days. He still looks great and oozes charisma. Hope the movie turns out to be good!
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Hadouken76
Aug 30th 2012, 8:00
I don't know, Keaton is too nice to play bad guys. Plus, the whole corporate thing will only make me think he has the Batmobile stashed away. Ha!
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ASmileSoDevious
Aug 30th 2012, 8:43
Keaton has had some bad guy roles during his career like Pacific Heights and Desperate Measures.
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Hadouken76
Aug 30th 2012, 10:11
I've seen Pacific Heights, yeah he was pretty menacing in that..
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Ali1748
Aug 30th 2012, 14:30
Keaton was hilarious in The Other Guys.
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Jeffbiscuits
Aug 30th 2012, 16:59
Batman's in Robocop!!! Robocop (Peter Weller) is Batman's voice in the new Dark Knight Returns animation. That's pretty cool.
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SiMan
Aug 30th 2012, 17:23
Keaton is awesome - he can be menacing (Pacific Heights) and hilarious (Beetlejuice and i have a soft spot for mulitplicity) - He's one of thise actors who i wish had gotten bigger roles through the late 90's/2000's
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MadMatt
Aug 30th 2012, 23:47
Just great. Now they've gone and cast my favourite Batman I'm actually going to have to watch this piece of s**t!
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FBALeal
Dec 14th 2012, 15:44
So Batman and Gordon are working together on the Omnicorp case. With Batman going undercover of course, he and Gordon will find a new ally in Robocop. I am starting to like this movie now.
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