RoboCop lead offered to The Killing's Joel Kinnaman

Joel Kinnaman, best known for his role in the US version of The Killing, has been offered the lead role in another remake: Jose Padhila's reboot of RoboCop.Michael Fassbender has been linked to the RoboCop role for some time, although it seems as if he never officially entered talks for the role.Kinnaman recently signed on to Arthur & Lancelot (playing the latter), and he has previously had small background roles in some fairly big movies (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Safe House, The Darkest Hour).While we haven't quite seen enough of Kinnaman to assess his leading man potential, his name won't exactly be a box office draw.Without the popularity of a Fassbender-type, it's difficult to know if audiences will accept a remake of an '80s movie that still plays exceptionally well today.RoboCop (the remake) is currently awaiting a release date, which we expect to find out once a star is locked in place.

'Bullets' aims for Broadway

Woodsy Allen is tuning up a stage version of "Bullets over Broadway," adapting his 1994 pic right into a musical that aims to land around the Rialto in 2013. Allen pens it in line with the script he co-written with Douglas McGrath. Show will incorporate period tunes in the 20's, the era throughout that the Gotham-set story happens. Plotline follows a youthful playwright who must cast a mobster's talent-free moll in the latest play to be able to obtain the show created. The 1994 Miramax film starred John Cusack, Jennifer Tilly, Chazz Palminteri and Dianne Wiest, whose perf like a demanding diva gained her an Oscar. Show's producers, Julian Schlossberg and Letty Aronson, make a practice of backing Allen's stage endeavors. Additionally they created this season's "Relatively Speaking," a trio of 1-functions that incorporated a seg by Allen, in addition to 1995 Off Broadway show "Dying Repel Functions," another assortment of one-functions that Allen led. Further particulars about "Bullets" -- including casting, creative team and song list -- still be set. Exact Broadway dates and theater are also up in mid-air. Aronson is among the producers of Allen's newest bigscreen outing, "Night time in Paris," that is up for four Academy awards a few days ago. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com

VIDEO: The Actual Average women of O.C.'s Gretchen Describes Fallout with Vicki

The Actual Average women from the O.C. Who would have thought The Actual Average women of Orange County's Gretchen and Tamra would be buddies? Over the past three seasons from the Bravo series, the castmates happen to be each and every other peoples throats. From Tamra probing into Gretchen after which-fiancé Jeff's relationship, to Gretchen's famous "evil eye" comment, the ladies have barely been not opponents. When Season 7 accumulates, which will finally change. "I had been beyond shocked [we reconciled], but simultaneously I truly went in to the season knowing I needed to maneuver past it," Gretchen informs TVGuide.com. However with Gretchen and Tamra cool down, the drama gets hotter with Vicki. (Just watch the finish of the clip.) Watch the job interview below for additional on their own approaching showdown and what set Gretchen within the edge. The Actual Average women of Oc airs Mondays at 10/9c on Bravo.

Saoirse Ronan to star in Disney's 'Seven'

RonanSaoirse Ronan is at final predicts star in Disney's "Order of Seven," an activity that was initially developed just like a Kung Fu retelling of "Snow White-colored as well as the Seven Dwarfs." The pic has since been reworked just like a standalone action adventure that's cut all ties for the classic tale. A Control Button House first began developing the project about 10 years ago. Ronan would play Olivia Sinclair, an british expat in 1800s Hong Kong, who seeks the safety from the centuries old quantity of gamers, now a jaded quantity of outlaws. Following a reemergence from the ancient evil empress, Sinclair helps the gamers reclaim their future and noble roots. Disney hopes to boost the world advantage of the pic by casting the roles in the gamers with well-known stars in China, Russia and Japan, creating a global team of heroes. Studio professionals are actually making excursions to people areas to begin talks with local talent. Ads helmer and visual effects supervisor Michael Gracey is positioned to produce his directorial debut round the fantasy pic that Andrew Gunn is creating through his Disney- based Gunn Films banner ("Race to Witch Mountain," "Freaky Friday"). Production starts this fall. The newest version in the script was put together by Jayson Rothwell and Michael DeBruyn. Project was composed by Michael Chabon, if the was setup as "Snow as well as the Seven" and incorporated more aspects of "Snow White-colored," plus a murderous stepmother and magical mirror. Film has existed development at Disney since 2002. In 2005, "The Matrix" trilogy and "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon" fight choreographer Yuen Woo-ping was installed on direct. Ever since then, numerous company company directors came and gone, including Francis Lawrence, along with scribes Michael Arndt ("Toy Story 3"). Natalie Portman happen to be circling the project when Lawrence was installed on direct. Avoid "Snow White-colored" needs to be smart for your Mouse House thinking about that Relativity's "Mirror Mirror" and Universal's "Snow White-colored as well as the Huntsman" are bowing this year. Ronan ("Hanna") can be a voice in "The Important Thing Arena of Arriety," that Disney is disseminating for Studio Ghibli is installed on Neil Jordan's vampire pic "Byzantium" and may star in Andrew Niccol's "The Host," based on "Twilight" author Stephenie Meyer's novel. Contact Marc Graser at marc.graser@variety.com

Activision's Q4 revenue at $1.4 billion

Despite a struggling year for the videogames biz, the industry's largest publisher showed no signs of weakness as 2011 wrapped up. Activision Blizzard reported stronger-than-expected fourth quarter revenue of $1.4 billion for the period that ended Dec. 31, boosting profits to $99 million, after recording a loss of $233 million during the year-ago frame.For the full year, Activision took home net revenue of $4.76 billion, up from $4.45 billion. Net income came in at a whopping $1 billion, up from $418 million in 2010.Digital channels generated $1.6 billion, accounting for a record 34% of the company's total net revenues for the year, made up of subscriptions and memberships, licensing royalties, downloadable content and digitally distributed products.Activision easily claimed "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3" as the best-selling game of 2011, moving more than 16 million units by the end of the year, helping it dominate as the top console and handheld game publisher in the U.S. and Europe.Title became the first game to pass $775 million in sales in its first five days of release and crossed the $1 billion mark in 16 days. It took previous installment, "Call of Duty: Black Ops" a month before reaching that milestone. Game eventually sold more than 25 million copies.Activision releases the first "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Content Collection," a compilation of content previously released to "Call of Duty Elite" premium members, for Microsoft's Xbox 360 in March.Its online service for the war actioner, "Call of Duty Elite," now has 7 million registered users, including 1.5 million annual premium members. "Call of Duty: Black Ops" was still the fifth-bestselling title, in terms of revenue, last year.Company also successfully launched "Skylanders Spyro's Adventure" as a game-toy hybrid, that has sold more than 20 million products to date, becoming last year's top kids videogame."'Skylanders' was the biggest new IP launch in Activision's history and it is on track to become an important and sustainable franchise," said Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard.Meanwhile, Blizzard's "World of Warcraft," which is facing some competish from Electronic Arts' "Star Wars: The Old Republic," in the MMORPG arena, claims 10.2 million subscribers, as of the end of 2011.This year, Activision will release its next game in the "Call of Duty" franchise, grow its online "Call of Duty Elite" biz, and launch "Skylanders Giants." Blizzard has tentpole titles "Diablo III" forthcoming. Contact Marc Graser at marc.graser@variety.com

Pilot Season: Supernatural's Alona Tal Returns to CW With Cult

Alona Tal Alona Tal will still be hunting down the bad guys again on The CW. The former Supernatural actress, best known for playing the ill-fated hunter-bartender Jo, will play a cop in the drama pilot Cult, TVGuide.com has learned. Supernatural photos: See Sam clown around with his worst nightmare But there's a twist: Tal will be playing an actress named Kelly Collins who is in turn portraying a young LAPD detective on a wildly popular television show called Cult. It's suspected that fans of the series are re-creating crimes on the program in real life. Former Melrose Place reboot star Jessica Lucas was previously announced to play, Skye, a young production assistant on the show who joins a journalist blogger investigating the fans. Pilot season: Melrose Place's Jessica Lucas to star in CW's Cult Rockne O'Bannon will write and executive-produce alongside Gossip Girl duo Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage and Len Goldstein. Tal's credits also include Veronica Mars, The Killing, Pretty Little Liars and Monk.

Box Office: Chronicle Edges Out The Woman in Black For Top Spot

Chronicle A magical wizard fell short to three superheroes at the box office, as Chronicle edged out The Woman in Black for the top spot, Box Office Mojo reports. Chronicle, about three teenage friends who gain superpowers, grossed an estimated $22 million in its opening weekend. The Woman in Black, starring Harry Potter's Daniel Radcliffe, drew $21 million to take second place. The Grey leads the pack at the box office At No. 3 was last weekend's top film, The Grey, drawing $9.5 million. The weekend's third new wide release, the whale drama Big Miracle, ranked fourth with $8.5 million. Underworld: Awakening completed the top five, attracting $5.6 million. One For the Money fell to No. 6, grabbing $5.2 million. Red Tails was close behind in seventh place with $5 million. Rounding out the top 10: The Descendants (No. 8, $4.6 million), Man on a Ledge (No. 9, $4.5 million) and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (No. 10, $3.9 million).