Robocop 2026
James Wan will direct key episodes of this series, which hails from his company Blumhouse Atomic Monster. Along with building upon the premise of the original film of a cyborg cop who’s part man, part machine, the show will debut a new cyborg lawman named Marc Skyle, who starts off not as a police officer but as a soldier. Peter Ocko (EP: Lodge 49) is the showrunner.
Paul Verhoeven’s OG 1987 film explored corporate control, media saturation, and technological advancement. This message feels all the more relevant now with AI mainlined into modern life (you catch Apple’s keynote?!).
The boardroom scene in the original film, where a killing machine malfunctions, resulting in shooting down an innocent person, is a segment that can give us a glimpse of what Wan’s dystopia could be. Wan’s horror background makes him the perfect fit to portray the futuristic world. Not only does RoboCop have the potential to be a sci-fi action series with horror elements, but there are also possibilities of body horror and psychological horror.