Dan Stevens to Star in New 'RoboCop' Series at Prime Video
The eight-episode series follows a tech conglomerate putting Alex Murphy’s consciousness into a police robot, with Peter Ocko writing and executive producing.
- Dan Stevens will star as police officer Alex Murphy in Prime Video's eight-episode RoboCop series, portraying both the officer and his cyborg alter ego, Variety confirmed.
- Showrunner Peter Ocko leads production with executive producers James Wan, Michael Clear, and Rob Hackett of Blumhouse Atomic Monster, aiming to honor Paul Verhoeven's 1987 original while updating its technological themes.
- A giant tech conglomerate convinces the city to place a powerful robot on its police force, a machine implanted with the consciousness of fallen officer Murphy to combat rising crime.
- Amazon MGM Studios greenlighted the project after acquiring the studio in 2022, expanding a franchise that includes the 1987 original, sequels in 1990 and 1993, and the 2014 reboot starring Joel Kinnaman.
- Stevens continues a busy schedule, currently filming the second season of Dexter: Resurrection for Paramount+ while preparing for Onslaught, scheduled for release on September 4.
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Read the original post on Flickering Myth here: Dan Stevens to suit up for Prime Video’s RoboCop series Old Detroit has a brand new Alex Murphy with the news that Dan Stevens (The Guest, Beauty and the Beast) is suiting up for Prime Video’s Robocop series. Officially greenlit last month, the eight-part Robocop series from Amazon MGM Studios has been assembled over the last couple of years, and now Stevens has inherited the […] Read the original…
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