Deadline reports that James Mangold is developing a TV series based on Cop Land, his 1997 crime drama starring Sylvester Stallone in one of his most underrated performances. This isn’t just Mangold putting his name on the project either, as he’s set to co-write, direct, and executive produce the series adaptation for Paramount Television Studios and Miramax Television.
Cop Land TV Series
Mangold will co-write the project with Robert Levine (The Old Man), who will serve as the showrunner. Deadline’s report states that the project has already received four offers. This also isn’t the first time that a Cop Land TV series has popped up, as Miramax was developing one over a decade ago.
The movie found Stallone playing Freddy Heflin, the sheriff of a small New Jersey town who comes into conflict with the corrupt New York City police officers living in the community. In addition to Stallone, the cast was absolutely stacked, with Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Robert Patrick, Peter Berg, Janeane Garofalo, Annabella Sciorra, Noah Emmerich, Michael Rapaport, and more.
Cop Land came along when Stallone was going through a string of flops, and although it was a decent success, the actor later said it proved to be bad for his career. “I worked with the best director I ever worked with — James Mangold,” he said in 2019. “I loved the film, but it actually worked in reverse. It was pretty good critically, but the fact that it didn’t do a lot of box office, again it fomented the opinion that I had my moment and was going the way of the dodo bird and the Tasmanian tiger. So, I’m gone.“
James Mangold’s Next Project
Mangold has several projects in the works, but his next is expected to be High Side, a drama-thriller that will see him reunite with Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown). Described as Heat meets Hell or High Water, the film will star Chalamet as a former Motorcross racer who is haunted by a career-ending crash and a long history of abandonment in a broken family. But he’s drawn back into the world of high-speed risks when his estranged brother recruits him for a series of bank robberies, all while the FBI is hot on their heels.
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