Gary Oldman Is RoboCop’s Creator

Gary Oldman (Bram Stoker’s Dracula, The Dark Knight, oh you know who Gary Oldman is) has just signed up for director Jose Padilha’s remake of RoboCop, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Oldman will play Norton, the scientist who creates RoboCop (played by Joel Kinnaman)
and finds himself torn between the ideals of the machine trying to rediscover its humanity and the callous needs of a corporation.

The film is expected to start shooting in September for a summer 2013 release date.