Hugh Laurie is in negotiations to join the cast of the “Robocop” reboot. According to The Hollywood Reporter, he will join Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman and Samuel L. Jackson.
The 53-year-old British actor is best known for playing Dr. Gregory House on “House, M.D.” for eight seasons.
Laurie would play the movie’s villain, the wealthy CEO of Omnicorp, the company behind the construction of RoboCop and the robot that would replace him.
The remake of the 1987 sci-fi flick will be directed by Jose Padilha. It has Kinnaman playing the role made famous by Peter Weller of mortally wounded Detroit cop Alex Murphy, who’s rebuilt as a cyborg crime-fighter.
