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Amazon’s Robocop TV show gets a new update, revealing that a showrunner has been brought on board. Released in 1987 and directed by Paul Verhoeven, the first Robocop movie starred Peter Weller as the titular cyborg police officer. The franchise returned in 2014 for a failed reboot starring Joel Kinnaman, with the property then moving to Amazon with the company’s purchase of MGM in 2022. It was subsequently reported that a Robocop TV show was in the works, though few updates about the project have emerged since.
Now, Variety reports that Peter Ocko has joined the Robocop TV show as showrunner. James Wan has also boarded the series and will executive produce the project through his production company, Atomic Monster. The report includes the official logline for the series, included below, which teases a premise similar to that of the original film:
“A giant tech conglomerate collaborates with the local police department to introduce a technologically advanced enforcer to combat rising crime — a police officer who’s part man, part machine.”
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Source: Variety
Robocop
RoboCop is a science fiction action franchise centered around the character Alex Murphy, a Detroit police officer who is brutally murdered and subsequently resurrected as a cyborg law enforcement officer known as RoboCop. The franchise, which began with the 1987 film directed by Paul Verhoeven, is known for its satirical take on corporate greed, corruption, and the dystopian future of law enforcement. Over the years, RoboCop has expanded into sequels, a reboot, television series, animated shows, comic books, and video games, becoming a cultural icon in the genre of sci-fi action.
- Created by
- Edward Neumeier , Michael Miner
- First TV Show
- RoboCop
- First Episode Air Date
- September 10, 1988
- TV Show(s)
- RoboCop , RoboCop: Alpha Commando , RoboCop: Prime Directives
- Character(s)
- RoboCop , Anne Lewis , Dick Jones , Clarence Boddicker , The Old Man , Dr. Norton , Raymond Sellars
Summary
RoboCop is a science fiction action franchise centered around the character Alex Murphy, a Detroit police officer who is brutally murdered and subsequently resurrected as a cyborg law enforcement officer known as RoboCop. The franchise, which began with the 1987 film directed by Paul Verhoeven, is known for its satirical take on corporate greed, corruption, and the dystopian future of law enforcement. Over the years, RoboCop has expanded into sequels, a reboot, television series, animated shows, comic books, and video games, becoming a cultural icon in the genre of sci-fi action.
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