Nicolas Winding Refn: Maniac Cop will be cocaine-fueled, neon-soaked series

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

It was just yesterday that we passed along word HBO has given the greenlight to Nicolas Winding Refn and John Hyams' MANIAC COP event series. And today we're hearing from Refn himself that it will be a "cocaine-fueled, neon-soaked, bubble gum-wrapped, mayhem-infused, speed-driven" series. Sounds good to me!

Specifically, Refn tweeted:

Dear Friends, Maniac Cop will be my version of a cocaine-fueled, neon-soaked, bubble gum-wrapped, mayhem-infused, speed-driven universe of thrill-seekers who are consumed by that ever-present struggle of good vs. evil…but evil is winning.

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Dear Friends??Maniac Cop will be my version of a cocaine-fueled, neon-soaked, bubble gum-wrapped, mayhem-infused, speed-driven universe of thrill-seekers who are consumed by that ever-present struggle of good vs. evil…but evil is winning.????‍???????? #byNWR #byNWROriginals #ManiacCop pic.twitter.com/nesXYXpA0S

— Nicolas Winding Refn (@NicolasWR) October 12, 2019

The series will, obviously, be a remake of the William Lustig & Larry Cohen's 1988 classic, but while the original MANIAC COP was set in New York, the TV show will move the setting to Los Angeles, and the "action-packed horror odyssey" will be told

through a kaleidoscope of characters, from cop to common criminal. A killer in uniform has uncaged mayhem upon the streets. Paranoia leads to social disorder as a city wrestles with the mystery of the exterminator in blue – is he mere mortal, or a supernatural force? 

Refn and Hyams will be executive producing the show alongside Nick Hall, Lene Borglum, Frederic Fiore, Alex Gayner, Efe Cakarel, and William Lustig. Refn will serve as showrunner, and he and Hyams will be sharing directorial duties. Buy the original on Blu-ray HERE.