It?s been 25 years since Paul Verhoeven?s RoboCop painted a nightmare vision of a near future in which a cyborg policeman became humanity?s salvation — so how will the upcoming reboot, starring Swedish-American actor Joel Kinnaman (AKA Holder of TV?s The Killing), update the tale? Movieline spoke with Kinnaman, who continues his Hollywood cross-over attempt in Friday?s New York drama Lola Versus, about Jose Padilha?s RoboCop — and the real-world technology that suggests we?re already in a much different future than the original envisioned.
Not convinced that the robot future is close at hand? Just take a look at the cyborg advances that have been made in Japan, where Kinnaman joked he?d be going to spend time with lifelike robots in preparation for his RoboCop role. ?Have you seen these Japanese hospital droids, or humanoids or whatever they call them? They?ve perfected the skin, the skin looks so real, and they have these motors between the eyes for when they smile,? he marveled. ?It?s just mind-blowing. We?re pretty close already. You can find it on YouTube. It?s spooky, but we?re getting really close.?
Kinnaman says shooting on the remake begins for him in September, with Gary Oldman on board to play Norton, a scientist responsible for turning the human Alex Murphy into RoboCop. Today, THR broke the news that Samuel L. Jackson playing "Pat Novak, a charismatic TV mogul and a powerful force in the Robocop world."
As for writer-director Padilha (Elite Squad, Elite Squad 2), Kinnaman had high praise. ?He?s a young master, and a very strong visionary, and he wants to make something with a lot of substance, he said. ?If you?ve seen Elite Squad then you know the action sequences are a walk…
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