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Jackie Earle Haley Boards 'RoboCop'

Jul 23, 2012

Jackie Earle Haley has joined the cast of Jose Padilha's ROBOCOP reboot, reports Deadline. Haley will play Maddox, the guy who dispenses the military training to Alex Murphy, played by Joel Kinnaman.

In ROBOCOP, the year is 2029 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Their drones are winning American wars around the globe and now they want to bring this technology to the home front. Alex Murphy is a loving husband, father and good cop doing his best to stem the tide of crime and corruption in Detroit. After he is critically injured in the line of duty, OmniCorp utilizes their remarkable science of robotics to save Alex’s life. He returns to the streets of his beloved city with amazing new abilities, but with issues a regular man has never had to face before.

Haley joins a previously announced cast, including Gary Oldman, Samuel L. Jackson, Abbie Cornish and Hugh Laurie. Jay Baruchel is also said to be circling a role for the August 9, 2013 release.

Source: Deadline

 
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