ROBOCOP Reboot: Michael Kenneth Williams Steps Out

Fan-favorite Michael Kenneth Williams is negotiating to join the cast of José Padilha’s RoboCop reboot.

The actor will break from his tradition playing men who subscribe to a strict moral code (but live on the wrong side of the law) on HBO’s The Wire and Boardwalk Empire, by tackling the role of a Detroit police officer and Alex J. Murphy’s partner in the Padilha film.

Joel Kinnaman (The Killing) is taking over for Peter Weller as Alex Murphy, while Williams is filling the shoes previously worn by Nancy Allen in the original RoboCop movie trilogy. The latter is working on Twelve Years a Slave, Steve McQueen’s followup to his critically-acclaimed NC-17 drama Shame. Williams will thereafter join the RoboCop crew for the beginning of principal photography in Toronto next month.

Source: SCREENRANT