The Hollywood Reporter reported on November 2, 2026 that Imagine Entertainment and Weed Road are developing a “Robopocalypse” TV series based on Daniel H. Wilson’s 2011 sci-fi novel. Coverage of the project followed on November 3.
Ron Howard is attached to direct the pilot, while Akiva Goldsman will write the pilot and serve as showrunner. Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment will executive produce.
The novel is set in a near future where the technology that runs the world turns against humanity in the “Zero Hour” robot uprising.
Spielberg spent years developing “Robopocalypse” as a feature film but confirmed earlier in 2026 that the expensive project had been scrapped. The television version gives the story its second life.
No network or streamer is attached yet, so the project will likely draw a bidding war before it moves forward — a familiar ritual for prestige sci-fi with this much firepower behind it.
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