Amazon has given the green light to the development of a series about Robocop.
Peter Daddy He signed on as screenwriter, showrunner and executive producer. Besides, James Wan he joined as executive producer through his production company Atomic Monster (via Variety).
Ocko has written series such as The Office, Dead Like Me, Pushing Daisies, Black Sails, Lodge 49and more recently, Moonhaven.
OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS:
“A giant tech conglomerate is collaborating with a local police department to introduce a technologically advanced agent to combat rising crime: a police officer who is half-man, half-machine.”
Atomic Monster's Michael Clear and Rob Hackett are also executive producers. The television project will be supervised by Danielle Bozzone of the same company, and produced by Amazon MGM Studios.
Since Amazon's acquisition of MGM, the series was considered among the plans. The franchise Robocop It is owned by MGM.
The original film, released in 1987, starred Peter Weller, who reprized his role in the 1990 sequel, while Robert Burker took over the role in the 1993 sequel. Nancy Allen starred in all three installments as Officer Anne Lewis.
In 2014, the reboot starring Joel Kinnaman was released.
This will not be the first series about Robocop. The franchise expanded to television with two animated series and two live-action series, as well as video games and comics.
Source: https://cine3.com/amazon-desarrolla-serie-de-robocop-producida-por-james-wan/
