RoboCop: Dan Stevens will play the iconic cyborg in the Prime Video series

Dan Stevens to star as the new RoboCop. The British actor has been tapped to portray Alex Murphy and his cybernetic alter ego in the upcoming RoboCop series, in development for Prime Video. The project, produced by Amazon MGM Studios and Blumhouse Atomic Monster, has already secured an eight-episode order.

This new adaptation sticks to the franchise’s core premise: a powerful tech company persuades a city to outfit its police force with a robot that houses the consciousness of a police officer who died in the line of duty. Dan Stevens reprises the role previously embodied by Peter Weller in Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 film, and later by Joel Kinnaman in the 2014 cinematic reboot.

The series is written and overseen by Peter Ocko, who also serves as an executive producer. James Wan, Michael Clear, and Rob Hackett are on board as executive producers for Blumhouse Atomic Monster. The project also preserves a direct link to the original film, as its co-writers and creators, Ed Neumeier and Michael Miner, are among the executive producers as well.

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With this adaptation, Prime Video returns to the origins of RoboCop, a franchise that from the start has fused science fiction, action and a satire of the power of big corporations. The series is set to offer a new reading of these themes—technology, identity and the growing role of private players—though the plot specifics of this version have not yet been revealed.

No filming dates or production locations have been announced yet. Prime Video has also not announced a release date for the eight-episode RoboCop series.

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