Samuel L. Jackson Joining Cast of ‘Robocop’ Remake
According to The Hollywood Reporter, veteran actor Samuel L. Jackson is joining the cast of Sony’s remake of “Robocop.â€
He will join Joel Kinnaman (“The Killingâ€) who will play the cop Alex Murphy and later becomes the half-man half-cyborg officer Robocop. Gary Oldman also joined the cast as the scientist who created Robocop.
Jackson will play Pat Novak, a very charismatic media mogul executive.
He was recently since in this summer’s blockbuster hit “Marvel’s The Avengers.†And he’ll be appearing as a villain in the upcoming Quentin Tarantino-directed “Django Unchained.â€
“Robocop†remake will begin shooting in Toronto around September with a theater release date towards next summer.