July 23, 2012 at 10:55 AM

It's being that reported that Jackie Earle Haley is in talks to join Jose Padhila's upcoming film RoboCop. If he joins Haley will portray Maddox, the guy who dispenses the military training to RoboCop. The reports also reveal that Jay Baruchel is in talks to star as one of the leads in the film aswell. 

Joel Kinnaman will portray RoboCop, Gary Goldman will portray Norton, the scientist who creates RoboCop and finds himself torn between the ideals of the machine trying to rediscover its humanity and the callous needs of a corporation and Samuel L.Jackson will play Pat Novak, a charismatic media mogul and a powerful force in the Robocop world. Abbie Cornish will portray Alex Murphy's (Joel Kinnaman) wife, who assumes after his death that she is a widow.

Jose Padilha is directing the film, which will start shooting in September. 

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