RoboCop (character) RoboCop (character) RoboCop is a fictional robotically enhanced Detroit police officer designated as OCP Crime Prevention Unit 001, and is the main protagonist in the film series of the same name. The character begins as a human Detroit Police Officer named Alexander James "Alex" Murphy, who is killed in the line of duty by a vicious crime gang. Subsequently, Murphy is transformed into the cyborg entity RoboCop by the megacorporation Omni Consumer Products (OCP). He is referred to as Robo by creators Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner in their original screenplay. Edward Neumeier's script and idea was rejected by many
RoboCop 3 work was even more drastically altered than before, Miller left Hollywood until the 2005 adaptation of his work Sin City. “[Working on "RoboCop 2" and "3"] I learned the same lesson,” Miller said in 2005. “Don’t be the writer. The director’s got the power. The screenplay is a fire hydrant, and there’s a row of dogs around the block waiting for it.” Miller's original screenplay for "RoboCop 2", and source for major ideas in "Robocop 3", was later turned into a nine-part comic book series called "Frank Miller's RoboCop". The star of the previous films, Peter Weller, did not reprise