Gran Torino screenwriter Nick Schenk was recently hired to pen a new draft of the script for director José Padilha. Last March Joshua Zetumer was hired to write the reboot of the RoboCop franchise that now aims to explore in detail a part of the story that Paul Verhoeven's 1987 classic did not--Alex Murphy's actual transition from man to machine.
Kinnaman will follow former metal worriors Peter Weller in the first film and RoboCop 2 and then Robert John Burke ("RoboCop 3"), as well as Richard Eden (the shortlived Canadian TV show), David Sobolov (the animated series "RoboCop: Alpha Commando") and Page Fletcher (the mini-series "RoboCop: Prime Directives.)
Kinnaman's been eyed for other tentpole pics in the past year--It will be interesting to see how he does and what develops as the process moves ahead
It's been confirmed that new the film would be set in Detroit, where Verhoeven's took place. Shooting hopes to kick off this Summer.
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