Amazon Prime Video and MGM Studios have officially ordered an eight-episode RoboCop television series produced by Blumhouse Atomic Monster [1, 2, 3]. Peter Ocko serves as showrunner, executive producer, and writer for the new series [1, 2, 3]. James Wan is also an executive producer and will direct key episodes, calling the opportunity a "dream" as a longtime fan of RoboCop [1].
Ed Neumeier, the co-creator and co-writer of the 1987 original RoboCop film, joins as an executive producer, helping to shape the series [1, 2, 3]. The story centers on a powerful tech conglomerate persuading a city to deploy a robotic police officer embedding the consciousness of a fallen officer [1, 2]. One report states the new RoboCop character will be a soldier-turned-cyborg named Mark Kyle [1].
The series aims to honor the original film's themes about unchecked corporate power, technology, and identity while updating the story for a modern audience [1, 2, 3]. James Wan said, "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," adding that the new series will build "something unmistakably new for a global audience" [1].
Peter Friedlander, Head of Global Television at Amazon MGM Studios, described RoboCop as "not just an action spectacle, but a sharp, provocative mirror of our relationship with technology and power," praising Ocko's vision for respecting the original's soul while delivering a "fresh and urgent" story for today [2].
Amazon began developing the series after acquiring MGM in 2022 [2]. Peter Ocko joined as writer and showrunner in 2024 [2]. Filming is scheduled to start in 2027 [1].
