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According to Variety, Amazon Prime Video is officially moving forward with a reboot series of the 1980s action classic, Robocop.
Per the outlet, Prime Video has piacked up the series with a planned eight-episode first season. The series has been in development since Amazon first acquired MGM back in 2022,
The show's official logline reads, “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.”
The series' producers include Peter Ocko, who will act as writer, showrunner and executive producer; James Wan, Michael Clear and Rob Hackett as executive producers through Blumhouse Atomic Monster; Michael Miner and Ed Neumeier, co-creators of the original Robocop film, as executive producers; Danielle Bozzone of Blumhouse Atomic Monster as co-executive producer; and Amazon MGM Studios.
“I’ve been a massive fan of Robocop forever, so getting to help bring this world to television is a dream,” shared Wan. “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," Wan continued.
“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,” said Peter Friedlander, head of global television for Amazon MGM Studios.
“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," Friedlander added. "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.”
