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FANTASTIC FOUR VILLAIN VISIONS

Fantastic Four #1 courtesy Marvel
Fantastic Four #1 courtesy Marvel

Fox is injecting youth into its Fantastic Four reboot. Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Bell are reportedly the studio’s choices for Reed, Sue, Johnny and Ben.

 

Josh Trank (Chronicle) is directing what is likely to be a modern take that doesn’t remain completely faithful to the source.

 

Now that we know who is playing the heroic team of adventurers time to ask the bigger questions:

 

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Hugh Laurie As Robocop Villain

 

Robocop courtesy MGM

 Hugh Laurie (House) is in talks to play the villain the Robocop remake according to Heat Vision. Laurie will play the ruthless head of the company that created Robocop. Joel Kinnaman (The Killing) plays the heroic cop turned cyborg. Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight Rises) plays the creator. Samuel L. Jackson plays a media mogul.

  In the original I loved the villain Clarence Boddicker played with ruthless glee by Kurtwood Smith. No word if that character will be in th remake.

  Marvel and Dark Horse both produced comics based on Robocop.

Robocop Reloaded

Joel Kinnaman on The Killing photo by James Dittiger courtesy AMC

Robocop is back on duty. Joel Kinnaman (The Killing, Safe House)signed on for the MGM remake directed by Jose Padilha (Elite Squad) according to Deadline.

Peter Weller played the original Robocop in Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 version. Dark Horse Comics published several comic book miniseries starring Robocop including one in which the cyber law enforcer fought the Terminator. Marvel Comics publised an 23 issue series.