In talks for the lead role in Neill Blomkamp's 'Chappie.'

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/dev-patel-early-talks-sta r-581838

"Major story details are being kept under lock and key, but it it known Chappie is based on a short Blomkamp made titled Tetra Vaal. Vaal was a fake ad for a robotic police force patrolling the slums of South Africa. (Watch the short below.)

Sharlto Copley is already on board and would play a police robot working the shanty towns.

Patel, should a deal make, will play the film’s human lead, a young man in the impoverished town."