RoboCop revived as eight-part series on Prime Video
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RoboCop is set to return as a new eight-episode television series on Prime Video, with Amazon MGM Studios and Blumhouse Atomic Monster confirming the long-rumoured project. The franchise's original co-creator Ed Neumeier will executive produce, alongside showrunner Peter Ocko and Blumhouse's James Wan, Michael Clear and Rob Hackett, with the aim of reviving the property's satirical edge around corporate power and unchecked technology for a modern audience. Filming is expected to begin in 2027, though no release date has been set.
The series will follow a giant tech conglomerate that persuades a city to install a robot officer, implanted with the consciousness of a deceased police officer, onto its force; reports suggest the lead character will be a soldier-turned-cyborg named Mark Kyle, with Wan directing key episodes. It follows the original 1987 RoboCop film by Neumeier, Michael Miner and Paul Verhoeven, two sequels, a 2014 remake starring Joel Kinnaman, and an abandoned Neill Blomkamp version, RoboCop Returns, that never progressed beyond development.
- Prime Video greenlights new eight-episode RoboCop TV series
- Original co-creator Ed Neumeier and Blumhouse's James Wan on board
- Filming begins 2027; no release date confirmed yet
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RoboCop is a science-fiction franchise built around a police officer who is rebuilt as a cyborg after being critically injured, working for a force that has been taken over by corporate interests. The original 1987 film, directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Ed Neumeier and Michael Miner, used this premise to poke fun at big business and unchecked technology, and it spawned two sequels and a 2014 remake with Joel Kinnaman.
Amazon MGM Studios and Blumhouse's Atomic Monster label are now turning the property into an eight-episode television series for Prime Video, bringing back original co-creator Ed Neumeier as an executive producer alongside showrunner Peter Ocko and Blumhouse figures including James Wan. The plan is to keep the story's focus on corporate power and technology, updated for today's audience, with a plot involving a tech company placing a robotic officer, carrying a dead policeman's mind, onto a city's police force.
The project has been talked about for years, including an earlier attempt by director Neill Blomkamp that was shelved before filming began. This new version is still in early stages, with filming not expected until 2027 and no release date yet confirmed.
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Originally published by Polygon as “Robocop TV series reboot confirmed for Prime Video”.