House M.D. may have finished its run weeks ago, but we will be seeing more of the series' lead actor Hugh Laurie on film. For this week, The Hollywood Reporter reveals that the British actor himself has entered talks about playing the role of the evil head of Omnicorp for the upcoming remake of the 1987 sci-fi action film RoboCop. The remake itself, to be produced by MGM and Sony, is intended for a release on August 9, 2013 with Joel Kinnaman of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo fame to play the film's protagonist Alex Murphy/Robocop.

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