RoboCop | New TV series revealed, James Wan overseeing

by Dan Cooper |
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With plans for a new RoboCop film seemingly not advancing, we’re now getting a(nother) RoboCop TV series instead.

Making a movie isn’t easy. Making a good movie, then, is presumably even harder. Making a great RoboCop film though? That has to be close to impossible. While each film in the beloved splatterpunk action franchise contains elements that demand repeat viewings, only the 1987 original is generally considered to be an all-time great. You could argue that audiences and executives been chasing the dragon ever since, looking to replicate the formula that created a genre classic.

That hasn’t stopped plenty of people from trying though. From the original film’s sequels to the 2014 remake, not to mention Neill Blomkamp’s ill-fated RoboCop Returns – a highly-anticipated project that would never come to fruition – nothing has matched the heady blend of graphic violence, sharp satire and earnest charm that Paul Verhoeven’s original possesses. (If you want to know more about what happened to RoboCop Returns, step this way.)

Read more: Whatever happened to RoboCop Returns?

James Wan is the next filmmaker to throw his hat into the ring, with World Of Reel reporting that he’s set to executive produce a new RoboCop series. We’ve even got a synopsis which will be rather familiar to fans of the series:

‘The series will follow the premise of the films, focusing on a giant tech conglomerate which 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.’

Peter Ocko, a veteran of many a TV series, has reportedly drafted in as writer, executive producer and showrunner for the Amazon/MGM series – the first RoboCop show since the Canadian one, which starred Richard Eden and first aired in 1994. Ocko has worked on shows such as Parker Lewis Can’t Lose, Dead Like Me, and Pushing Daisies. There’s no word as to whether original screenwriters, Ed Neumeier and Michael Miner will be invited back as they reportedly were for RoboCop Returns. Will this one happen?

Time will tell, but we’re a way off from anything concrete happening. When we do hear more about the new RoboCop TV series (which will hopefully be a bit edgier than the bloodless 90s one), we’ll let you know. Still, at least we’ve got a decent RoboCop videogame to tide us over in the meantime…

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