Samuel L. Jackson is the latest name to join the cast of the RoboCop reboot, says The Hollywood Reporter.
Jackson will next be seen in the Quentin Tarantino directed Django Unchained, and just appeared as Nick Fury in one of the biggest movies of all time, Marvel Avengers Assemble. His role in RoboCop is that 'a charismatic media mogul and a powerful force in the RoboCop world'. Sounds like a villain to me. The remake will star Joel Kinnaman in the titular role, while Gary Oldman has also just signed on for a part. Kinnaman has been talking up the production recently and told MTV that the character will be "a lot more human" this time. 'It's not going to be jaw action. They're still working on the suit and how it's going to look, but the visor is going to be see-through. You're going to see his eyes,' he told the station.
The more I hear of this the cooler it sounds. Director Jose Padilha seems to really be going for that edgy tone.