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THR reports Gary Oldman has signed on to star alongside Joel Kinnaman in MGM's remake of RoboCop, which will likely start filming in Toronto this Fall.

Swedish actor Joel Kinnaman spoke to MTV about the José Padilha reboot of RoboCop, in which Kinnaman is starring as Alex Murphy.

If you've been keeping track of our RoboCop On A Unicorn tag, you already know both Chris Pine and Russell Crowe were rumored to be who José Padilha and MGM wanted to play RoboCop (although Crowe denied it).

DramatizationLast week we wrote about the rumor that Russell Crowe was being considered for the RoboCop remake.

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Twitchfilm reports MGM has chosen the actor they'd like to cast as RoboCop in the remake, although the casting isn't official and director Jose Padilha (of the awesome Elite Squad 2) may not have approved MGM's suggestion yet.

Remember that remake of Robocop that Darren Aronofsky was going to direct until he quit after MGM told him it had to be done in 3D.

Both TheOneRing and Deadline are reporting that Elijah Wood may be appearing in The Hobbit as Frodo, which seems strange but TheOneRing offers an explanation.