Dan Stevens Cast as RoboCop in Prime Video Live-Action Series
The casting of Dan Stevens puts a recognizable lead behind Prime Video's RoboCop series, with James Wan attached as executive producer.
Reporting from 1 source: Cinema Today.
Dan Stevens will star as Alex Murphy in the live-action RoboCop drama series on Prime Video. The eight-episode show follows a fallen police officer revived as a cyborg by a tech conglomerate. James Wan executive produces. A release date has not been announced.
Dan Stevens, known for Downton Abbey and the Beast in Disney's live-action Beauty and the Beast, will play Alex Murphy in Prime Video's RoboCop series. The eight-episode drama begins with an IT conglomerate persuading police to deploy a robot carrying the consciousness of the fallen officer.
James Wan executive produces and says he will approach the questions raised by the 1987 film from a modern perspective. Stevens joins a line of actors who have played RoboCop, including Peter Weller, Richard Eden, Robert John Burke, and Joel Kinnaman. The release date has not been announced.
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- Cinema Today 新ロボコップ役が決定！Prime Videoで実写ドラマ化