Prime Video’s ROBOCOP reboot just announced its star.
DOWNTOWN ABBEY actor Dan Stevens will lead the series as “police officer Alex Murphy and his cyborg alter ego,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The eight-episode series comes from showrunner Peter Ocko and executive producers James Wan, Michael Clear and Rob Hackett.
“Since its debut in 1987, ROBOCOP has endured as one of the most iconic and culturally significant franchises in science fiction. What began as a bold social satire — blending visceral action with a critique of corporate greed, privatization and the nature of identity — has resonated across generations, spawning sequels, television series, video games and comic books. Its themes of humanity versus technology and the consequences of unchecked corporate power feel more relevant today than ever, making it the ideal property to reimagine for a new era of television,” the official series order description reads, per THR.
Comic Book Resources reported that Ocko wrote and created the new series, which is also from Blumhouse Atomic Monster.
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The original 1987 satirical action movie created by Paul Verhoeven and starring Peter Weller as Robocop saw “a giant tech conglomerate convince the city to place a powerful robot on its police force – a robot implanted with the consciousness of a beloved fallen officer, Alex Murphy,” CBR explained.
James Wan is set to be an executive producer on the show.
Wan, an executive producer, called bringing ROBOCOP to television “a dream.”
“What Paul Verhoeven created in 1987 was decades ahead of its time, and its questions about technology, identity and who corporations really serve have only grown more urgent,” he said when Prime Video initially announced the reboot. “With Peter’s distinctive vision and bold approach to storytelling, and alongside Ed and our partners at Amazon MGM Studios, we’re working to honor what made the original iconic and highlight its relevancy in this modern, tech-driven world, while building something unmistakably new for a global audience.”
“ROBOCOP is a franchise that has meant something to audiences for nearly four decades — not just as an action spectacle, but as a sharp, provocative mirror of our relationship with technology and power,” Peter Friedlander, Head of Global Television, Amazon MGM Studios, also said at the time. “Peter Ocko has crafted a vision that honors the soul of what made the original so enduring while building something entirely fresh and urgent for today. Paired with the cinematic sensibility of James Wan and the team at Blumhouse Atomic Monster, we believe this series will captivate a whole new generation of fans on Prime Video.”
No official production timeline or release date has been announced, but with Stevens and a passionate crew at the helm, ROBOCOP fans have a lot to look forward to.
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