Now this is a pity. We’re looking forward to seeing more of Hugh Laurie on the big screen, and so when news broke that he was attached to play the villain in the RoboCop reboot, that seemed an interesting choice for his first major post-House big screen role.
Turns out, though, that we all jumped the gun. Even though it seemed that Laurie had indeed signed on the dotted line for the film, Variety has now revealed that he never did. More than that, he’s not going to be appearing in it at all.
With shooting set to begin in a matter of weeks, that leaves one gaping hole in the new RoboCop project, and we’d imagine that it won’t be long before a replacement is announced.
Jose Padilha is directing the film, and as we get more news, we’ll pass it on.
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