Amazon MGM Studios is working on a RoboCop television show, because it’s apparently the season to reboot older sci-fi projects. According to Variety, the series has tapped Peter Ocko, whose previous credits include creating AMC+’s Moonhaven and writing episodes of Elementary and Dead Like Me, as writer and showrunner. James Wan of Aquaman, Malignant and The Conjuring fame is also executive producing through his company, Atomic Monster.
Here’s the official logline:
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.
You don’t say?
This universe started off in 1987 with RoboCop, where Peter Weller played the titular character, who was part man, part machine, and all law enforcement. Two films followed as well as a 2014 reboot with Joel Kinnaman playing the robotic officer. Four television shows—two animated and two live-action—with the last one being the Canadian spinoff RoboCop: Prime Directives, are also out there in the entertainment ether.
We don’t have specifics on what this current television series will focus on, though based on the logline it appears that it will be another reboot.
No news yet on if/when the show will premiere on presumably Prime Video or even who will play the titular RoboCop.
