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Gary Oldman has inked a deal to star opposite Joel Kinnaman in MGM's remake of Robocop. José Padilha (The Elite Squad, Elite Squad 2) is directing the film, which is being produced by Strike Entertainment's Marc Abraham and Eric Newman. According to THR, Kinnaman (The Killing, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) 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. 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.

The production is eyeing a September shoot in Toronto and has a tentative release date of summer 2013. Oldman will next be seen as Commissioner Gordon in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises and as Floyd Banner in John Hillcoat's period crime movie Lawless.

Alessandro Zoppo