Deadline is reporting that Fox is indeed moving forward with the X-Men spin-off Gambit. Also confirming that Channing Tatum (22 Jump Street, Foxcatcher) will take the title role and also produce the film. They've hired Robocop screenwriter Josh Zetumer to work on the film's script, which is based on a treatment from X-Men comic writer Chris Claremont. X-Men Days of Future Past was highly influenced by the comics of the same name, that Claremont wrote in the 80s.
For some reason they included an image of director Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland, Gangster Squad, 30 Mintues Or Less) in the article. Could this mean he's in the mix to direct? The writers/creators of Zombieland penned Deadpool, so it's possible that's the connection. Ruben currently doesn't have any projects about to go into production, but did announce plans to make Zombieland 2. Ruben has been in the running for other action blockbusters such as Mission Impossible 4, Ghosbusters 3, Ant-Man and Man of Steel. Being in the mix wouldn't surprise us. However, Deadline only provides an image and doesn't explain why it's there.
THR reports that Gary Oldman has signed on to play a police officer investigating murders in Daniel Espinosa's (Safe House, Snabba Cash) Child 44. The Soviet-era crime thriller already stars Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace and Joel Kinnaman. Gary recently took roles in genre flicks Dawn of The Planet of The Apes and the Robocop remake.
THR reports that actor Joel Kinnaman (Robocop, Dragon Tattoo) is in talks for a role in Child 44, his third film with director Daniel Espinosa. The film stars Tom Hardy and Noomi Rapace which focuses on a member of the Soviet military police (Hardy) who, while investigating a series of child murders, finds himself the target of his own government’s suspicions. Kinnaman would play the ambitious and murderous nemesis of Hardy's character. Joel and Daniel previously worked together on Snabba Cash and Safe House. He'll be seen in Robocop and recently attached himself to the Liam Neeson thriller All Nighter.
TheArnoldFans were able to speak with legendary action director Paul Verhoeven (Starship Troopers, Robocop, Black Book, Flesh+Blood) and if he'd want a crack at direct Legend of Conan. It's shocking that Universal or Arnold haven't contacted him yet. The project could see Paul re-teaming with Schwarzenegger previously making the original Total Recall. Verhoeven seems optimistic if they offered it to him. Many consider Verhoeven a pioneer of the 80's action genre bringing in a element of satire to his extremely violent projects. Ending up with films that are still considered classics in the sci-fi action genre. If anyone could re-capture the magic of the Conan The Barbarian it would be Verhoeven. Arnold has recently revealed the studio is looking to shoot in New Zealand (possibly by the end of the year) and could have Weta Workshop involved in the production.
"If they asked me, I’d certainly love to – let’s put it that way," he says. "But I don’t know what the script is. I don’t know what Arnold wants. I’m a big fan in fact of Conan. That’s a great movie and I found that the composer, Basil Poledouris, basically inspired many of my movies [the soundtracks] like Flesh and Blood, RoboCop, Starship Troopers and Total Recall. The score of Conan is great. The style of editing that Milius used was very beautiful, and Arnold does a great job. He was really the perfect choice."
Deadline reports that Michael Keaton (Batman, Jackie Brown) has landed the villain role in Robocop. The role originally had been linked to Hugh Laurie but has since gone to Keaton. The rest of the cast includes Joel Kinnaman (The Killing, Snabba Cash), Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman, Abbie Cornish, Jennifer Ehle, Jay Baruchel and Michael K. Williams.
Deadline reports that talks with Hugh Laurie to play the villain in Robocop have broken down. It was expected Hugh would play Dick Jones an evil corrupt company executive who is slighted by the creation of Robocop who threatens his side businesses. A group of backup actors will likely now be contacted they name Clive Owen (Sin City, Children of Men) as one of the possible people. The current cast includes Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Samuel L. Jackson, Abbie Cornish, Jay Baruchel, and Jackie Earle Haley. Other possible additions include Jennifer Ehle and Michael K. Williams.
HeatVision is reporting that comedian Jay Baruchel (Tropic Thunder) is looking to play an Omnicorp marketing executive in Robocop. Jay is about to close the deal as the film is about to ramp up production this September in Toronto.
Deadline reports that Jackie Earl Haley (Watchmen, Little Children, Dark Shadows) has joined the ever growing cast of Robocop. The impressive cast already includes Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Hugh Laurie, Samuel L. Jackson and Abbie Cornish. They add that comedic actor Jay Baruchel (Tropic Thunder) is also up for one of the final roles.
Variety reports that Hugh Laurie (Black Adder, House) is up for the villain role in Robocop. The remake would see Hugh play a villainous OCP (Omni Consumer Products) CEO who should end up being Dick Jones or a version of him. The rest of the cast includes Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Samuel L. Jackson and Abbie Cornish with a release date of August 9th 2013.
Deadline reports Australian actress Abbie Cornish is in talks for a role alongside Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman and possibly Samuel L. Jackson in Robocop. Abbie would play the wife of the slain/resurrected cop that becomes Robocop, thinking she is widow. There had been early rumblings that Rebecca Hall was circling the role before landing a supporting part in Iron Man 3.
HeatVision reports that Samuel L. Jackson (Django Unchained, Avengers) will re-team with his True Romance co-star Gary Oldman by taking a role in Robocop. Joel Kinnaman is set to play Alex Murphy with Gary Oldman as the scientist who turns the dying officer into a crime-fighting cyborg. They say Jackson's will play a TV mogul that factors into this world. I assume he could be running a version of Omni Consumer Products (OCP) company who funds the Robocop program. Another possible idea is that he's playing a Dick Jones/Clarence type villain. I guess we'll find out for sure when the film is released on August 9th 2013.
HeatVision reports that Gary Oldman has joined the cast of MGM's remake of Robocop. Oldman will play a scientist who turned fallen cop Alex Murphy played by Joel Kinnaman (Snabba Cash 1-2, The Killing) into the heroic cyborg. It's an interesting paring as the two had been linked for Arthur And Lancelot before Warner Bros. put it on hold. Gary will end his run as Jim Gordon this summer in The Dark Knight Rises. I'll be curious to see if he can help the credibility of this reboot even with a talented director like Jose Padilha (Elite Squad 1-2) behind the camera. Some other possible additions for the remake had included Edward Norton (Bourne Legacy, Incredible Hulk), a pre-Iron Man 3 Rebecca Hall (Town, Prestige) and Gael Garcia Bernal.
Variety is reporting that British actress Rebecca Hall is now currently in talks for the Iron Man 3 role vacated by Jessica Chastain. Hall is equally as talented with roles in films such as Vicky Christina Barcelona, The Town, The Prestige, Red Riding 1974 and the upcoming Lay The Favorite. She was also recently linked to the new Robocop reboot. Ben Kingsley has commented on his involvement while Guy Pearce has yet to be confirmed.
TrackingBoard is reporting that MGM is currently looking Rebecca Hall (Prestige, The Town, Red Riding), Edward Norton (Fight Club, Bourne Legacy, Incredible Hulk), Gael Garcia Bernal and Sean Penn for supporting roles in Jose Padilha's (Elite Squad 1-2) Robocop remake. It will remain to be seen if they're able to cast these actors alongside Joel Kinnaman (Snabba Cash 1-2, The Killing, Safe House). I'm unsure how reliable this site is, since I don't often hear news from them but I've labeled this as a rumor.
It's been a very good day for screenwriter James Vanderbilt (Zodiac) as Variety reports. He was hired my MGM to do some rewrites on MGM's Robocop remake which Sony is distributing. Vanderbilt also sold his spec-script White House Down to Sony for an estimated $3 million. The action film is being compared to a mix of Die Hard meets Air Force One. Sony Pictures seems to be happy with James' work on their summer tentpoles Amazing Spider-Man and Total Recall. James is also currently working on Amazing Spider-Man 2 for the studio.
James Vanderbilt (Zodiac) is gather quite a reputation after his commercial writing jobs with Sony on Sam Raimi's axed Spider-Man 4, Marc Webb's Amazing Spider-Man and Len Wiseman's Total Recall reboot. He also recently was tasked to start outlining Amazing Spider-Man 2. There is word from Variety that James has been hired by MGM to do some rewrites on Jose Padilha's Robocop remake which stars Joel Kinnaman (The Killing, Snabba Cash).
