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Steven Spielberg’s Robopocalypse Is Being Developed as a TV Show
Robopocalypse is being developed as a television show, after plans to make it as a film ended.
The project is based on the 2011 novel, whose adaptation rights Steven Spielberg previously optioned.
Ron Howard is set to direct the pilot episode, the first episode made to launch a series.
Akiva Goldsman will write and lead the show as its showrunner.
Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment is producing the project.
The change brings the long-delayed adaptation to television, rather than the film format previously planned.
No release date or further production details are given.
Robopocalypse is being developed as a television show, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Ron Howard is set to direct the pilot episode.
Akiva Goldsman is the showrunner and writer.
Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment is producing the project.
Spielberg previously optioned the rights to adapt the 2011 novel as a movie, but said earlier this year that the film was no longer in the works.
- Who
- Ron Howard will direct the pilot, Akiva Goldsman will serve as showrunner and writer, and Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment will produce.
- What
- Robopocalypse is being developed as a television show.
- When
- The report was published on November 2, 2026.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- Not stated.
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The novel Robopocalypse was published.
Spielberg confirmed that the film adaptation was no longer in the works.
The Hollywood Reporter reported that Robopocalypse was being developed as a television show.
- Novel
- Robopocalypse, published in 2011
- Pilot director
- Ron Howard
- Showrunner and writer
- Akiva Goldsman
- Producer
- Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment
- Film status
- Spielberg said earlier this year that the film was no longer in the works