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The Future Is Now!

Karl Urban to Star In J.J. Abrams’ Buddy Cop Robot Drama Despite the Fact That He’s a Doctor, Not a Police Officer

by Rebecca Pahle | 2:00 pm, March 13th, 2013


Looks like J.J. Abrams loves Karl Urban as much as the rest of us. Not hard to believe. The dude’s Bones and Eomer. If there’s someone out there who doesn’t like him then I don’t want to know about it.

Called Human, the show is “an action-packed buddy-cop show set in the near future, when all LAPD officers are partnered with highly evolved humanlike androids.” Urban will play the cop, “who has shut down emotionally after a tragic mission that claimed the lives of nine of his fellow elite officers and left him critically injured.” Well, Urban does have experience playing emotionless lawmen. The RoboCop, meanwhile, will be played by Michael Ealy. I am so looking forward to some Kirk-and-Bones-style bickering, you don’t even know.

Also joining the show are Lili Taylor as the police captain, plus Minka Kelly, Mackenzie Crook, and Michael Irby. It’s being developed by Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions along with Fringe creator J.H. Wyman, who’s also on writing duty. Brad Anderson (Fringe, The Machinist) is on board to direct.

The description makes it sound like a fairly basic buddy cop comedy, just… with a robot. That isn’t enough to grab me, though Urban’s presence helps. I hope it turns out to be less generic than it sounds. We do only have very, very basic info so far, after all.

(via: The Hollywood Reporter)

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  • http://twitter.com/CuriousArtemis Bridget

    I’m confused; is this a series or a film? I’m thinking “film” because of the lovely Mr. Urban, but it sounds more like a series (which actually would suit it better, methinks).

  • Rebecca Pahle

    It’s a show. ‘Bout time there was some Karl Urban on my TV. It’s been a long time since Herc and Xena.

  • Anonymous

    Is his character’s name Elijah Bailey or his partner’s name R. Daneel Olivaw? Is this Caves of Steel as a comedy flick?

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000327677376 Suzanne Larsen

    many of my friends dislike him. Or at least my tendency to yell “Hail Caesar!” whenever he appears onscreen.

  • http://wrongsirwrong.blogspot.com/ Magic Xylophone

    Brad Anderson too? Nice! I’m curious to see how the robots look.

  • charleskiki

    looks like JJ Abrahams is doing a modern version of “Holmes and Yo-yo” : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeJd7j-Rhtg

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