L'essentiel
- Amazon has officially ordered eight episodes of a TV series based on the Robocop franchise, with Peter Ocko as showrunner and James Wan producing.
- Ed Neumeier, co-writer of the original film, is also an executive producer.
Résumé généré par IA
Pourquoi c'est important
Amazon previously worked on a Robocop TV pilot. The original 1987 film, co-written by Ed Neumeier, explored themes of technology, identity, and corporate power.
Amazon has officially ordered eight episodes of a TV show based on the Robocop franchise, according to a report by Variety. We already knew the company was working on a pilot, but now it's gotten a full series order.
The showrunner behind this adaptation is a guy named Peter Ocko. He's been in the writer's room for all kinds of great shows, like The Office, Pushing Daisies and The Leftovers, to name a few. He was also the showrunner on the bizarre and strangely captivating cult series Lodge 49. James Wan, the co-creator of Saw and the director of the Aquaman movies, is producing. Interestingly, Ed Neumeier is on board as an executive producer. He co-wrote the original Robocop film, which was directed by luminary Paul Verhoeven.
"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," Wan said in a statement.
We'll have to wait and see just how pointed the commentary is. After all, the main villain of the first film was Omni Consumer Products. This was a global behemoth of a company that had its hands in just about everything, including weird robots. That sounds a whole lot like Amazon to me.
Questions ouvertes
- How pointed will the show's commentary be?
- When will the series premiere?
