“They don’t make cops like him anymore. He was one of a kind.”
Nicolas Winding Refn has already turned his attention to his next directing project: the long-gestating Maniac Cop with Mubi and Goodfellas, according to a report on Deadline.
The concept has always appealed to me,” said Refn in a statement. “In today’s political and social climate, the iconography of Maniac Cop alone provokes an immediate, uneasy reaction. I’ve been watching it all unfold while constructing this project in the shadows… waiting. Now, that moment has finally arrived. The time has come to unveil a radical new vision where there is no protection, no safety net, only mayhem…”
“Maniac Cop in Nicolas’s hands is not a remake. It is a resurrection,” said Efe Cakarel, Founder and CEO of MUBI. “Nicolas has one of the most dangerous imaginations in modern cinema, and he is exactly the filmmaker to reawaken something this iconic. We’re proud to be partnering with him on a film that feels bold, singular and impossible to ignore.”
“We have known Nicolas for a long time, and there is nobody better suited to bring this myth back to life,” said Vincent Maraval. “This is not nostalgia. It is a new nightmare, and with MUBI stepping in so decisively, Maniac Cop becomes the kind of ambitious global genre film that buyers and audiences will want to chase.”
Directed by William Lustig, Maniac Cop was released on May 13, 1988, and starred Robert Z’Dar, Tom Atkins, Bruce Campbell, Laurene Landon, Richard Roundtree, William Smith and Sheree North. The film earned $671,382 on a budget of $1.1 million, which was enough to spawn two sequels
The new entry is expected to shoot in LA in January 2027. Stay tuned to Horror News Network for more on Maniac Cop.
