Dan Stevens to Lead Prime Video’s ‘RoboCop’ TV Series

(Left) Dan Stevens in 2014’s ‘The Guest.’ Photo: Picturehouse. (Right) Peter Weller in ‘RoboCop’. Photo: Orion Pictures.

Preview:

Dan Stevens is playing Alex Murphy/RoboCop in the ‘RoboCop’ TV series.
It’ll expand on the world of the 1987 movie.
Peter Ocko will run the show, with James Wan producing.

With Amazon’s Prime Video service officially commissioning the series a few months ago, the show based on 1987’s sci-fi satire classic ‘RoboCop’ is moving forward.

Deadline reports that Dan Stevens (‘The Guest’) is aboard to plat Alex Murphy, the ill-fated police officer murdered by a criminal gang who is turned into a cyborg copper whose mission is to help clean up the streets of a futuristic Detroit.

Peter Ocko, whose TV CV includes work on shows such as ‘Dead Like Me’ and ‘Lodge 49’, is aboard to serve as executive producer on the series, while genre filmmaker James Wan will produce.

What was the story of ‘RoboCop’?

Peter Weller in ‘RoboCop’. Photo: Orion Pictures.

The movie franchise kicked off in 1987 with the first ‘Robocop’ film starring Peter Weller as the titular half man, half machine officer. Weller returned for the sequel in 1990, with Robert Burke taking over the role for ‘Robocop 3’ in 1993.

A reboot starring Joel Kinnaman was released in 2014. There have also been multiple ‘Robocop’ TV shows since then, including two animated and two live-action shows, as well as video games and comic books.

What will the new ‘RoboCop’ series be about?

From the sounds of its official logline, the series will be following a familiar path: “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.”

Now, can they stay out of trouble? We’ll see. But for now: go Robo!