Samuel L. Jackson has joined the cast of MGM and Sony’s remake of the classic 1987 Paul Verhoeven sci-fi movie Robocop. According to Heat Vision | THR, Jackson will play Pat Novak, “a charismatic media mogul and a powerful force in the Robocop world.”
Robocop stars Joel Kinnaman as Alex Murphy/Robocop and Gary Oldman as the character’s creator. Directed by Jose Padilha, the film is scheduled to hit theaters on August 9, 2013.