Is Nicolas Winding Refn’s Maniac Cop Remake Still Happening?
It’s been a while since we talked about the Nicolas Winding Refn produced remake of the William Lustig classic, Maniac Cop. But today we have word from the remake’s director John Hyams (Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning) that the film is still very much in the works.
” …well, it’d seem like nothing’s happening, but actually quite a bit is happening with it,” Hyams tell Birth Movies Death. “We’ve been working on it for a few years now, with some starts and stops. But it is going to happen.”
He continues: “Right now, Nic Refn, our producer, who is an amazing filmmaker and a really great guy – he’s stuck by me this whole time and hasn’t let up, which I’m deeply thankful for and inspired by – is getting everything set. But between Ed Brubaker and myself, we are developing it, and it actually just took an interesting turn recently. This is all stuff I’m going to be able to talk about a little more in the coming months, but things are definitely coming together on it. Nicolas is doing his show for Amazon right now (Too Old To Die Young) but then after that and my own series, it is going to happen.”
Well, Hyams certainly seems optimistic about the film so let’s all give him the benefit of the doubt – even if the film perhaps never needs to be remade in the first place… but that’s neither here nor there at this point. We’ll let you know when we hear more!
Remake synopsis:
Set in the present, Maniac Cop follows a determined L.A. police officer who sets out to reveal the truth about the brutal murders of innocent people by one of her fellow cops.
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