Joel Kinnaman is the new Robocop!

Jose Padilha's (The Elite Squad) reboot of the science fiction franchise Robocop has just found it's lead, with Joel Kinnaman, recently seen in Safehouse and a regular on T.V. show The Killing, signing up to play Officer Alex Murphy, the normal cop who is transformed into the titular robotic law enforcer after he is killed in the line of duty.

The original 1987 movie, directed by Paul Verhoven, spawned two sequels, numerous T.V. spin offs, comic book series', and video games. The franchise has proved so popular that a successful Internet campaign was founded to fund the making of a Robocop statue to put on display in Detroit, the city where the movie was set. 

Padilha is said to be approaching the project a bit differently from the original, focusing more on the task of transforming a man into a machine, something the first movie glossed over.  The new movie is expected to start shooting in the summer.

Source: Deadline