Gary Oldman's $243 Million Sleeper Sci-Fi Remake Finds New Life on Streaming 11 Years Later - United States News Beep

2014’s RoboCop finds new success on streaming more than a decade after failing to make an impact with critics.

Per Flix Patrol, the big budget remake of the original RoboCop has officially broken through to the top ten streaming films chart for Prime Video for July 12. The film currently sits just behind The Super Mario Bros. Movie in the number nine place, while the recently released action film Heads of State starring Idris Elba and John Cena continues to dominate the top spot on the list.

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Directed by José Padilha from a screenplay by Joshua Zetumer, Edward Neumeier, and Michael Miner, 2014’s RoboCop starred Joel Kinneman as Alex Murphy, a young Detroit police detective who, after being critically injured in a car bombing, is transformed into the cybernetically enhanced RoboCop. The film featured an ensemble cast including Gary Oldman as OmniCorp chief scientist and RoboCop creator Doctor Dennett Norton, Michael Keaton as OmniCorp CEO Raymond Sellars, Jackie Earle Haley as drone pilot and military tactician Rick Mattox, Abbie Cornish as Murphy’s wife Clara, and Michael K. Williams as Murphy’s best friend Jack. Like the original, 2014’s RoboCop sees Murphy slowly uncover a sprawling conspiracy and trail of corruption that ties back into his own resurrection as a cyborg.

While RoboCop did manage to bring in more than $242.6 million during its original run in theaters, that hardly made it a breakout success when compared to its $130 million production budget. The film was also largely lambasted by critics upon its release, which didn’t help RoboCop when it came to ticket sales. As of the time of writing, RoboCop holds a meager 50% “Fresh” rating via review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, while its user-generated “Popcornmeter” score holds a similarly low 49% approval rating.

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What’s Next for the RoboCop Franchise?

Back in 2024, it was confirmed that James Wan will be executive producing a new RoboCop television series for Amazon MGM Studios via his Atomic Monster production banner. Peter Ocko has also signed on for the project as executive producer, writer, and showrunner. The new RoboCop series will be the fifth in the franchise’s history following the 1988 animated series, 1994 live-action series, 1998’s RoboCop: Alpha Commando, and 2001’s RoboCop: Prime Directives. Upon the announcement of the upcoming RoboCop series, the official logline was unveiled, reading, “A giant tech conglomerate collaborates with the local police department to introduce a technologically advanced enforcer to combat rising crime — a police officer who’s part man, part machine.” The series does not currently have a planned release date.

RoboCop is currently available for streaming on Prime Video.

Source: Flix Patrol

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