Michael Keaton in "Robocop"

Michael Keaton will play Raymond Sellars, the CEO of the corporation that builds Robocop, in the remake, according to Variety. The role had been thought to be Hugh Laurie’s, then Clive Owen, but it seems like Keaton is a done deal and the search is over. Joel Kinnaman is playing the title role; Jose Padilha is directing.

The film will open August 9, 2013.

"House" to Play "Robocop" Villain

Hugh Laurie, the versatile English actor who has portrayed both the irascible and brilliant House on the long-running Fox medical series and the delightfully oblivious upper class twit of all time Bertie Wooster, is in negotiations to play the villain in MGM’s remake of Robocop with Jose Padilha is directing.
Laurie will join a cast that includes Joel Kinnamon, Gary Oldman, Samuel L. Jackson, and Abbie Cornish.According to The Hollywood Reporter, Laurie will play “the evil and ultra-rich CEO of Omnicorp, the company that makes Robocop. The flurry of casting announcements is an indication that MGM really wants to get this project underway.

Samuel L. Jackson Joins "Robocop" Cast

Samuel L. Jackson will play Pat Novak, a charismatic TV Mogul, in MGM’s remake of Robocop. Jackson, who is fresh off a star turn in Joss Whedon’s The Avengers, joins a cast that includes Joel Kinnaman (The Killing) as the film’s eponymous hero and Gary Oldman as the scientist/creator of the cyborg policeman created from the gravely wounded beat cop Alex Murphy. Jackson is currently shooting the revenge drama Django Unchained for director Quentin Tarantino.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, MGM hopes to begin shooting the Robocop remake with Jose Padilla directing in Toronto this September