Machinima joins DC, Clive Barker for Multiple Web Series: 'Robocop' First-Person Action included as first project

By Staff Writer

May 06, 2015 04:37 AM EDT

The portal Machinima is bringing some beloved properties and creative minds into the fold as it announced a slate of upcoming projects recently, and among a couple of DC-related series and a strange effort from Clive Barker is a series that will explore the RoboCop world by showing us first-person action from the point of view of the title law enforcers.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, a partnership with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer brings the RoboCop series to Machinima. Announced on stage at the Machinima NewFront event in New York, the short-form, limited web series based on the classic 1980s action film with feature RoboCop returning to Delta City, where viewers ride along with the now standard-issue RoboCop offices as they respond to calls from dispatch.  

Slashfilm reports that the series is shot from the first person point of view of the Robocop officers' heads up display, along with security cameras, dash-cams, and drones, tapping into current themes of the surveillance state.

Another yet also new series which will provide the horror legend in the middle of Internet horror fan fiction is Clive Barker's Creepy Pasta.  The live-action short films will tell the tales of viral urban legends such as Jeff the Killer and Slender Man adapted by Barker from submissions through the Creepypasta horror community.

Machinima announced the series' renewal for a second season a month away from the premiere of season 1 of "Just League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles". According to the producer and animator Bruce Timm, the series will turn the world of DC Comics upside down. 

Demanjo reports that Machinima is also teaming up with Blue Ribbon Content and DC Entertainment on a hunt to discover the next creator for the world of DC Comics. Eight contestants will compete on DC's Hero Project in elimination challenges to develop a live-action short video based on their interpretation of the Starman series. DC Entertainment chief creative officer Geoff Johns will judge the competition alongside special guests.

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