TOLDJA! MGM Sets Joel Kinnaman For Robocop

‘The Killing’s Joel Kinnaman Will get ‘Robocop’ Offer EXCLUSIVE: MGM has closed its cope with Joel Kinnaman to experience the title role in Robocop, the remake that's being directed by Jose Padilha, helmer of two action packed Elite Squad films. Strike Entertainment partners Eric Newman and Marc Abraham are creating. Josh Zetumer authored the script. Deadline says the sale choose to go to Kinnaman to accept role came from by Peter Weller within the 1987 Paul Verhoeven original. Kinnaman most lately completed an unforgettable performance within the Daniel Espinosa-directed Safe House opposite Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds. He burst in this area within the AMC series The Killing and just before he starred within the Espinosa-directed Snabba Cash. Hollywood is frantically looking for male stars that galleries can take shape movies around. Kinnaman, whos repped by UTA and Magnolia Entertainments Shelley Browning, has his ticket towards the large game.