Prime Video's RoboCop Reboot Has Officially Found Its Peter Weller Replacement

Published Aug 25, 2026, 1:03 PM EDT The '80s sci-fi satire is going in a new direction Amazon's reboot of the RoboCop franchise took a loud, lumbering step forward on Tuesday, officially casting its new Alex Murphy. That character was most famously played by Peter Weller in the 1987 original RoboCop and by Joel Kinnaman in the 2014 reboot. Now, according to a report from Deadline, actor Dan Stevens is stepping into the role of Murphy, aka RoboCop, in the upcoming TV series. Stevens is best known for his roles in television shows like ITV's Downton Abbey and FX's Legion, and has starred in his share of Hollywood blockbuster fare: Beauty and the Beast, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, and Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb. (He also previously played a robot in the 2021 German sci-fi film I'm Your Man). Stevens will next appear in Onslaught, A24's action-thriller starring Adria Arjona. In other words, Stevens has range. RoboCop will officially return in an eight-part TV series for Prime Video, Amazon MGM Studios and production company Blumhouse Atomic Monster confirmed in July. The long-rumored series, titled simply RoboCop, has been greenlit for a streaming run on Prime Video, with the franchise's co-creators and co-writers Ed Neumeier and Michael Miner set to executive produce. Peter Ocko (Lodge 49, Pushing Daisies) will serve as executive producer, showrunner, and writer on RoboCop. James Wan, Michael Clear, and Rob Hackett will serve as executive producers for Blumhouse Atomic Monster. Dan Stevens as the AI Tom in I’m Your ManPhoto: Christine Fenzl/Bleecker Street ccording to Amazon MGM's original announcement, RoboCop will tell the story of a giant tech conglomerate that "convinces the city to place a powerful robot on its police force — a robot implanted with the consciousness of a beloved, fallen officer." The original RoboCop was released in 1987. Written by Ed Neumeier and Michael Miner and directed by Paul Verhoeven, RoboCop was a hyper-violent action satire that poked fun at unfettered capitalism, gentrification, privatization of public services, and corporate greed. It's considered among the best science-fiction and action films of all time. The success of the first RoboCop inspired two live-action sequels, 1990's RoboCop 2 and 1993's RoboCop 3 (which starred Robert John Burke as Alex Murphy/RoboCop), and spawned a kids' animated series, live-action television shows, comic books, and video games. A remake starring Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, and Michael Keaton, also called RoboCop, was released in 2014 to mixed reception.