RoboCop (franchise) RoboCop (franchise) RoboCop is an American superhero cyberpunk media franchise featuring the futuristic adventures of Alex Murphy, a Detroit, Michigan police officer, who is mortally wounded in the line of duty and transformed into a powerful cyborg, brand-named Robocop, at the behest of a powerful mega-corporation, Omni Consumer Products. Thus equipped, Murphy battles both violent crime in a severely decayed city and the blatantly corrupt machinations within OCP. The franchise began in 1987 with the film "RoboCop". "RoboCop 2" followed in 1990, and "RoboCop 3" in 1993. There have also been various television series, video game and comic book tie-ins.
RoboCop: Prime Directives RoboCop: Prime Directives RoboCop: Prime Directives is a Canadian TV miniseries released in 2001 spun off from the action film "RoboCop" franchise. The series, created by Fireworks Entertainment, consists of four feature-length episodes: "Dark Justice", "Meltdown", "Resurrection", and "Crash and Burn". All four episodes have been released on DVD. Fireworks Entertainment stated that they wanted to make use of the TV rights to "RoboCop" before they expired and thus ordered that "Prime Directives" be made, selecting Julian Grant to direct. Grant had a reputation for finishing projects ahead of schedule and under budget. He, in turn, picked Joseph O'Brien and