Robert Knepper has joined the cast of Universal’s supernatural action movie adapation of the Dark Horse comic R.I.P.D. [via Heat Vision | THR]:
The story centers on a murdered cop (Reynolds) who is recruited to work in the Rest in Peace Department, a police force comprised of ghosts who battle spirits unready to depart this world.
Knepper will play one of the spirits, known as a “deado” in the movie’s lingo.
Directed by Robert Schwentke, R.I.P.D. is scheduled to hit theaters on June 28, 2013.