RoboCop (comics) Detroit which slowly keep leading back to OCP. There is also an ED-209 unit on a rampage which RoboCop must put a stop to. It takes place right after "RoboCop: Prime Suspect". Two mini-stories were also published in the series "Dark Horse Comics". A RoboCop versus Predator comic was proposed for Dark Horse. Some of the proposal pages by Joshua Boulet can be seen at the RoboCop Archive website. Almost a decade later, the comic rights to "RoboCop" were acquired by Avatar Press. Upon announcing the acquisition, the company's publisher, William Christensen, received several offers from artists and writers hoping
RoboCop (2014 film) sheet from the Licensing International Expo 2011 in Las Vegas, NV, promoting a future release of "RoboCop" which would re-invent the franchise. The promotional material had sparse details of the film but clearly stated that MGM was targeting a 2013 release and José Padilha of "Elite Squad" and "Bus 174" fame was confirmed as director of the film. Michael Fassbender, Matthias Schoenaerts, and Russell Crowe were considered to play the title role. On March 3, 2012, it was confirmed that actor Joel Kinnaman would be playing the lead role, and on March 9, 2012, the film was given a release