Jackman Set For Blomkamp's “Chappie”

While attending the Zurich Film Festival actor Hugh Jackman has confirmed via Screen Daily that he will join Neill Blomkamp's next sci-fi film “Chappie”.

The film is based on “Tetra Vaal” a short film about a robot police force patrolling the slums of South Africa.

Sharlto Copley would play the police robot while Dev Patel will play a man in the impoverished town.

 Hugh's nabbed an as yet unspecified role. “I am doing a role in Neill’s new film, called 'Chappie,' which we shoot in Johannesburg," Jackman said. "I’m there for a couple of weeks at the beginning of next year".

Eugene Khumbanyiwa and Elysium’s Jose Pablo Cantillo also star.

Described as a science fiction comedy, Chappie is based on an original concept thought up by Blomkamp and his wife, District 9 co-writer Terri Tatchell.

Simon Kinberg is producing the film.