Sean Penn, Edward Norton Said to be Circling RoboCop Remake

With the recent casting of Joel Kinnaman (The Killing) as Alex Murphy/RoboCop in the forthcoming RoboCop, there has been plenty of speculation about who would round out the rest of the cast for director Jose Padilha’s remake.

It seems the plan may be to surround Kinnaman with major Hollywood talent, a proven strategy for over 30 years now when it comes to box office appeal. According to Tracking-Board, Edward Norton, Gael Garcia Bernal (Babel), Rebecca Hall (The Town) and Sean Penn are in talks to join the cast.

If cast, Norton will play a character also named “Norton”, a brilliant mastermind behind bringing RoboCop to life.

Bernal would likely play Jack Lewis, Alex Murphy’s handsome police partner who eventually begins a relationship with Murphy’s former wife, to be played by Hall.

Meanwhile, Sean Penn may end up in the role of Novack, a right-wing news reporter.

Eric Newman (Children of Men) and Marc Abraham (Dawn of the Dead) are producing the film.

RoboCop is scheduled to arrive in theaters on August 9, 2013.