With RoboCop, Paul Verhoeven delivered a sci-fi masterpiece in the 1980s that gave rise to an entire franchise. Almost 30 years later, a remake of the same name, RoboCop, was released in 2014, which pitted the brutal uncompromising nature of the original against one anemic PG-13 rating exchanged.
The RoboCop remake, which airs on RTL II on Saturday, disappointed sci-fi fans, largely failed with critics and was only a mild success at the box office. Nevertheless, in 2023 it was announced that Amazon wanted to revive the brand.
That’s what the RoboCop remake is about
The new version of the sci-fi classic is set in Detroit in 2028, where the high crime rate is to be combated with the help of artificial machines. One day, police officer Alex Murphy (Joel Kinnaman) is critically injured in an explosion and can only be saved through an operation in which he himself dies Human-machine intersection becomes. In doing so, he mutates into a merciless enforcer for the company, which leads the progressive fight against crime.
Amazon has secured RoboCop rights
According to Box Office Mojo, the new RoboCop film, which had a budget of $100 million, grossed over $242 million worldwide at the box office at most a modest success. After that, the sci-fi franchise went quiet for a long time.
In 2023 we were able to report that Amazon had, among other things, secured the rights to the RoboCop brand and may be planning a new universe consisting of several films and series. Since then there has been no more concrete information about it.
When will the sci-fi new edition be on TV?
RTL II broadcasts the 2014 version of RoboCop on September 30, 2023 at 8:15 p.m out of. You cannot currently stream the science fiction remake anywhere with a streaming flat rate.
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