The script for the RoboCop remake may have gotten panned, but the movie still has an incredibly strong cast: Joel Kinnaman, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman, Jay Baruchel, Abbie Cornish, Michael K. Williams, and Jackie Earle Haley.  We previously reported that Hugh Laurie was in negotiations to play the film's villain, but now Variety's Jeff Sneider is tweeting that Laurie won't be squaring off against the cyborg police officer.  According to Sneider, Laurie was never really "in" since he was still in negotiations for the part, and those talks have now fallen apart.  It's a bit of a bummer since I'd like to see more Laurie especially now that House, M.D. is over, but hopefully he'll land another big role soon.RoboCop is set to open on August 9, 2013. [Update: Deadline reports that MGM is now looking at a small group of actors to fill the villain role, and one of them includes Clive Owen.]