Prime Video Orders ‘RoboCop’ Reboot Series!
Dead or alive, you’re coming with me to Amazon Prime Video, where a ‘Robocop’ reboot series has just been ordered!
Dead or alive, you’re coming with me…
…To learn the news that Amazon Prime Video has ordered a reboot series of the sci-fi action classic, Robocop! I’d buy that for a dollar! But I’m guessing Amazon spent a bit more than that.
Variety reports that the series will be eight episodes and has been in development since Amazon acquired MGM in 2022.
Here’s the official synopsis: “A giant tech conglomerate convinces the city to place a powerful robot on its police force – a robot implanted with the consciousness of a beloved, fallen officer.”
Peter Ocko will write, showrun, and executive produce the series.
Executive producers include James Wan, Michael Clear, and Rob Hackett for Blumhouse Atomic Monster, Ed Neumeier, co-creator and co-writer of the original “Robocop” film, and Danielle Bozzone of Blumhouse Atomic Monster, who will co-executive produce and oversee the project for the company. Amazon MGM Studios will produce.
Said Wan, “I’ve been a massive fan of Robocop forever, so getting to help bring this world to television is 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. 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.”
Added Peter Friedlander, head of global television for Amazon MGM Studios: “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 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.”